_ 221 _ would pass along the street on his way to the open country. He punctually did so. He further asked her, saying that he would only be able to reach a conclusion after the event, to confirm these signs by sending him a garment of hers. She sent him a baju of hers, made of silk, like a shirt which they wear in those parts. It was clear that it was no longer possible to delay a meeting of such just desires. She lived in one of the apartments in the royal palace, together with her brother, the Guazil, and her mother, and other people. For a person such as she, in a place like that, the difficulties can be imagined. Nevertheless the Moor despatched her business with good grace. She pretended to be sick, and to be in need of divine favour to help her in a sickness very different from that imagined by her mother. She told her mother to go on a pilgrimage to a shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Hope, which lay half a league from the city. The Moors also recognise the powers of Our Lady of Hope, for the crumbs of Our Lord’s abundant table also fall to them. Our Lady of Hope did not refuse to let these crumbs fall. The mother and many people of the household went on the pilgrimage, while her husband went to the baths. The Captain was informed of this and sent for the Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet, Alvaro de Avelar. He told
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