_ 225 _ father-in-law of one of the King’s sons, the Governor of Magostan, who lived opposite the fortress, but at some distance from it. From there the King sent a bitter complaint to the Captain about the abduction and asked him to return his daughter-in-law to him, protesting that His Majesty greatly disapproved, as did the Viceroy. Matias de Albuquerque sent a message through his confessor and the chief of the guard, employing an interpreter, saying that he himself had reason for even greater disapproval, and that he was greatly surprised that a king of his age and wisdom should be so easily carried away by the passion he had shown at this commotion. There was nothing to be gained from this, but great unpleasantness would result, greater than the causes of it. He formally gave him an explanation for what had happened regarding Bifatima in the way it did and said that it would be good if his priests went to confirm the truth of this with her. Matias de Albuquerque first sent out a crier to tell all the Moors who were not of the house or of the service of the King that they should stay at home on pain of death; and he made it known that the Moor [Bifatima] was disposed to permit the delegation to enter, and that he gave permission not only for the priests [Muslim] to come but also Bifatima’s mother, the Guazil, Reis Delamisha,
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