_ 63 _ you to say to me?” He answered “Sir, I have already given you advice, and now that I see this message I tell you that I have no other to give, and I beg you to take it.” And Rais Nuruddin added “Sir, you should do as Khwaja Attar advises.” But everyone rose against this telling the King that he should not suffer such an offence to his honour as to become tributary King for fear of six ships in his honour as to become a tributary King for fear of six ships in his harbour which did not hold as many as a thousand men; and that the two merchantmen which had been prepared for the purpose were enough to take them on. They did so much to stir the King that he agrees to fight, and he sent the Captain-in-Chief misleading replies until the fleet and men he was expecting from the mainland should come. There was present the captain of a ship belonging to the King of Cambay, called Menil, who had a thousand-armed men and well-armed sailors and so much artillery that it was famous in India. With great pride this captain said that he would dare to take on our flagship on his own. Then everyone rose even more against the King, saying that he should fight and not listen to the advice of those who were always afraid of war.
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