_ 80 _ Armenian, “Do not come to me with these Moorish lies and tricks or I will order you to be flayed alive.” Go back to the King and tell him that I have no need of his ring or his hostage, only of truth followed by deeds which are then accomplished. I will not rely on his words and proceed, but I will go back to the ship. If you had not arrived now, I should have already entered the city and today there would not be one stone left upon another. Let him send to my ship ten more hostages, the most important he as; and let him not bother to take counsel with his viziers. As soon as I have returned to my ship, come back to me with a message. And soon as I have returned to my ship come back to me with a message. And he ordered all his men to embark and took the hostage with him. When he was aboard he dismissed the Captains to eat and rest, and then to return to him if messages came from the island. This they did and then returned to the Captain-in-Chief. As they talked they reproached him for leaving shore before the Moors had brought them secure hostages, for such was the fear in the city that they would give him all he asked. The Captain-in-Chief understood that the Captains only said this to find fault with him and pretended not to
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