_ 70 _ scarlet hoods and six hats, four strings of coral, a set of basins made up of six pieces, a chest of sugar and four full barrels - two of oil and two of honey. As it is the custom here not to take anything to the king without first informing his Moorish factor and then the Wali, when the captain made known what he had brought, they began to laugh at his present, saying that it was not something to offer the king, because the poorest merchant who came from Mecca or the Indies gave him more than that If they wanted to pay homage to him they should send him some gold, because the king would not accept such things. When the captain saw this he was crestfallen and said that he had not brought any gold. Besides, he was not a merchant but an ambassador, and whatever he had brought that was what he was giving, which came from him and not from the king. When the King of Portugal ordered him to return there, he would send the king many presents and very much richer. If the Samorin did not want to accept these things, he would take them back to the ships. The factor and Wali replied that he must not take them to the king nor allow them to be taken to him. When they left, some Moorish merchants arrived and all of them sneered at the gifts that the captain wanted to give the king.
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