_ 112 _ island upon which one half of the people were Moors and the other half Christians, and that these Christians were at war with the Moors, and that there was great wealth on this island. Item: They told us furthermore that Prester John dwelt nearby and held many cities along the coast, the dwellers thereof being great merchants and owners of large naos, but that Prester John dwelt far inland and that none could journey thereto save on camels. And they had in their company two captive Christian Indians. These things and many others we were told by these Moors at which we were so pleased that we wept for joy and prayed to God to grant us health to live and look upon those things we all so greatly desired to see. Item: At this place on an island they call Mozambique there was a chieftain whom they called Sultan who was as a Viceroy, and who came many times to our ships together with others of his men. And the captain-major set before him good things to eat and offered him some hats, Turkish coats, corals and many other things. And he was so disdainful that he scorned all that was offered, and asked to be given scarlet, but of this we had none (sic) but of such as we had we gave him.
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