_ 91 _ from shore and gave an account to the Captain-in-Chief of all that had been done and told him that the King was waiting to hear whether the letters would be fetched or if they should be sent. Then the Captain-in-Chief sent Afonso Lopes da Costa and Franscisco de Tavora, and Dom Antonio and João da Nova to go ashore and receive the letters from the King’s hand, to see him sign them with the Regents, and to ask him if he did it of his own will and receive from the King all the assurances, he thought necessary. This was done; they went ashore and were received by Regent and many people, and the King welcomed them at the door of the hall, and when they were all seated on a veranda, Gaspar Rodrigues the linguist read out the King’s letter, asking him if he were content, and all was done according to his will and that of the Regents. They all said that they would observe it for ever, and the linguist said that they should swear it, and they swore it on the Koran, as was their custom. Then the King and the Regents and the other all signed it with great pleasure, and the King gave to each of the Captains a piece of Persian brocade and six rolls of rich silk cloth. Then they took their leave. The King sent Rais Abdullah to the Captain-in-Chief taking him a belt in the Moorish fashion with a sword
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