_ 230 _ The King or Ormuz didn't say anything to Nicolau Ferreira about the answers and about his embassy learning of this, the governor consulted the captains and then sent Diogo Fernandes de Beja and the secretary to go and see the king and ask him for the fortress, which he had earlier begun to build and now wished to complete. He also requested the king to provide accommodation for all his captains at the city, since he meant to stay there for eight months and also to open the fortress gates which fared the sea and close the others which faced the royal residence. In reply, the king asked the governor to give him the fortress, since it was located very close to his residence in exchange for this, he offered him any other location he might those to build his fortress, which he, the king, would pay for out of his own pocket. The governor was pleased with this, but accepted the proposal only on condition that he be given two hostages, namely a son and a nephew of Raix Noradim's, so that he would keep his word, A. few messages were exchanged concerning this matter, because, the Arabs suspected the governor might chose the king's houses or the mosque, as the location upon which to build his fortress.
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