_ 178 _ honour, from our kingdoms to his country, and will bring him profit and provide his people with necessary things which enhance his lands. If he is still reluctant to give you sureties upon which to disembark in safety, then you will ask him to allow those whom he sent to the ships for those people to go to him to remain with you in the ships until they are laden. When this has been agreed with the King, as we hope and do not doubt, he will, Aires Correia will start to take his goods ashore and sell them and buy those which he judges to be advantageous for our interests. He is not to take ashore all the merchandise at once, but only what he thinks necessary to sell for money to be used in buying other goods which are to be taken at once to the ships, so that there is the least possible risk on land. If the King says that he will not give sureties because he is not accustomed to provide them, since in his country everyone who goes there to trade is safe, and that you will be also if you disembark to trade [...] and sell, and anything else relative to this, so that if he continues to refuse to give these sureties for you to disembark....
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