_ 228 _ He ordered that all the artillery of the fortress and the fleet be fired, that all musical instruments be played, that games with staves take place, and such military courtesies celebrated as there might be time for. He, as her godfather, accompanied her with all the Portuguese in festive attire, and insisted that she should be given the name of Dona Filipa, for he had an especial affection for her. He bought clothes for her and gave them to her. The celebrations cost him two thousand cruzados from his own coffer. Dona Filipa was then taken to Goa, where she married Antonio de Azevedo, a man of high nobility in the time of Viceroy Dom Duarte Menezes, who gave her a settlement of eleven thousand cruzados. His Majesty graced her with the title of lady and of Lady of the Fort of Ormuz, but she never returned there, for she died first. In this way she gave to God what was his, and what the name Bifatima foretold. For in Arabic Bifatima means “like the soul of God”. Her brother Reis Delamishe followed in her footsteps and in this way met the same end, for he became a Christian after being duly questioned and was given the illustrious name of Afonso. The breast of our Captain was always filled with admiration and love for him, and he always treated him as an adopted son. He brought him to Portugal, but intended to send him back, as he later did, with many
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