_ 102 _ pumpkins and cucumbers. They also brought boat- loads of green cinnamon wood, which still had its leaves. When the ships were clean and we had taken on as much water as we needed, and the carrack that we had captured was broken up, we departed on Friday, 5 October. Before the captured ship had been dismantled, they offered the captain a thousand fanões for it. He told them that it was not for sale, because it had belonged to his enemies, so so his only desire was to burn it. Having sailed about two hundred leagues from our starting point on the open sea, the Moor told us that he thought it was not the time to conceal anything. He said it was true that, when he was in the house of his master, news arrived that we were wandering lost along the coast. We did not know how to find our way home and, because of that, many fleets were patrolling the seas intent on capturing us. His master had then told him to locate us, find out how we were doing, and to see if he could bring us to his land. He did this because he had been told that if the pirate had captured us he would give him no share, but if we landed he would capture us himself and since we were brave men, he would use us to wage war against the neighbouring kings. This arrangement was made without the third person.
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