_ 42 _ his own hand hoisted the flag at the highest point of the keep, declaring that he was a vassal of the King of Portugal, “because this town and this castle belong to the King of Portugal and I will always do as the Captain-in-Chief here present commands.” He signed a paper confirming what he said, and he carried the keys in his hand and went to the boats. When they saw the flag in place the ships fired guns and hoisted flags. The Captains landed from the boats, and with the captain and the Regents they entered the town, which was decorated with boughs, and they entered the fortress, which they entrusted to the captain. When all this was done, they returned to the boats and thence to their ships. The Captain-in-Chief sent a cassock of scarlet cloth with gold braiding to the captain, and four rolls of scarlet cloth, and to each of the Regents he gave five ells of crimson satin, and he sent them away with much honour. They asked him what he wanted from the land, for he commanded everything, and he said that he wanted no more than the pleasure it gave to find such honourable men. They returned to land and soon sent the Captainin-Chief many cows, sheep and goats, and many bunches of dried dates in such abundance that all the ships were provisioned with food and fresh water. Then the Captain-
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