_ 83 _ thousand, and a hundred thousand more, if this were all over and those ships had departed. So, give all that they ask of you. “ The money was put into bags, and the Armenian was told to take them and tell the Captain-in-Chief that the city was his and the Kind was the vassal of the King of Portugal and would pay whatever tribute he asked; and he was to send the flag and it would be raised by his own hand wherever he ordered. ” The Armenian went to the Captain-in-Chief with the money and the message ad presented them to him. The Captain-in-Chief sent back word that the King should make himself ready, with the people of the city and his Regents, with great celebrations to receive the flag of the King of Portugal as a sign of obedience, so that the people of the city would see it and they would all be safe. With this reply the Armenian returned to the King, who did what he was told and obeyed him in everything like a son. The Captain-in-Chief told the quartermaster to put the money in a Captain-in-Chief told the quartermaster to put the money in a chest in his cabin, and ordered the Captains to make themselves ready and elegant, the boats to be dressed with banners to escort the flag to shore, and small cannon prepared to salute the flag when he gave the order.
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