_ 117 _ him about Afonso de Albuquerque and whether he had completed the fortress in Ormuz. The Arab replied that the fortress wasn’t finished but that after the Portuguese had begun to build it, they had left five men there (he was thinking of the renegades), together with some merchandise; as for Afonso de Albuquerque, he had left, but he didn’t know where, whether to India or elsewhere. The commander-in-chief could hear all this and came out of his room. When the Arab saw him, he nearly died, because he recognized him from the first time, he had gone to Calayate. The commander-in-chief assured him that there was no need to be afraid, and promised to spare him if he told him if the present governor was the same as the one who had been there during his first visit for he had come to take revenge on him, because of the trick he had played on him after he, Afonso de Albuquerque, had been so good to him. He promised him that when he attacked the city, he would give orders for his house not to be damaged, promising also that his son’s houses, if he had any, would be safe. The Arab replied that the present governor of Calayate was the one he was looking for and apologized for the trick that had been played on the commander-in-chief, about which he had known nothing.
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