_ 92 _ and a dagger, all decorated with gold and precious stones, which was worth more than five thousand xerafins, and twenty pieces of satin, and Persian damasks. He witnessed the Captain-in-Chief sign and receive the letters. The merchants whose ships had been captured, more than forty of them petitioned the King to ask the Captain-inChief to free their ships. The King was unwilling to do this, saying that he did not know whether the Captain-in-Chief would be angry but that they should go to him to ask for mercy, and that for his part he would make a strong plea. So, he told Abdullah that when he had received the letters he should ask on his behalf for the merchants’ ships. They themselves arranged that the three chief among them should go to the Captain-in-Chief on behalf of them all and do all they could to free their ships. Between then provided a present for the Captain-in-Chief of rich pieces of gold and precious stones which altogether was worth ten thousand xerafins, which they took in a chest. The Captain-in-Chief received Abdullah with much courtesy in the presence of the Captains, and made him sit among them. He presented the letters which were read, and only the Captain-in-Chief signed them. The Moor wanted the Captains to sign too, but the Captain-in-Chief told him that he was signing in the name of the King of
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