_ 201 _ Item: when the king of another city near to this one, called El Shihr, saw its ruin and conquest, fearing that the same might be done to him, came with two thousand men to offer to Tristão da Cunha, our commander, to place himself in his hands and become our tributary. He was received by our commander into our mercy, and he became our servant and tributary; and he then paid the tribute for that year in silver coin, the marcello, a coin current in Venice. Item: Tristão da Cunha, our commander, arrived at another city of Moors beyond El Shihr, called Brava, more important than the first one called [Oge]. This city was very well defended by the Moors. This island is large and much peopled by Christians, and he claims that the souls of those Christians could be [……](A). Although they are not perfectly Christian, they have a knowledge of many elements of our faith, and they must be Christians. They fast during Lent and Advent, not eating meat or fish. No man has more than one wife; they have churches with altars and crosses in them, they have the majority of the principal feast-days that we have, including those of the Apostles. Many of them bear the names of the Apostles. (A) Blank space in the manuscript.
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