_ 115 _ and with which he prayed, and these he gave as a pledge, asking Nicolao Coelho for the long-boat to take him on his way, and this he was granted. Upon reaching the shore he took to his house those who were with him and these he feasted and afterwards ordered to return, sending to Nicolao Coelho a jar of crushed dates made into a preserve with cloves and cumin. And later he likewise sent many things to the captain-major. This he did, taking us for Turks or Moors from foreign parts, for they asked if we came from Turkey and that we show them the bows of our country and the books of our Laws. Upon hearing that we were Christians, they ordered us to be taken and killed by treachery, but their pilot who sailed with us revealed all the plans of the harm they would have done us, had they been able. Item: On Tuesday, we sighted a land with these hills beyond a point, which point has along the shore a grove of high trees like elms and not densely spread. This land would be at most twenty leagues from the place we had left, and here we lay becalmed Tuesday and Wednesday. The following night we drifted with a light breeze from the East and when morning came, we were by our reckoning four leagues abaft. Mozambique and on that day,
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