_ 235 _ with the ambassador, discussing many matters. He said he would conclude his business very soon, and sent him back to the shore, whether he was taken by the captains. Chapter: 139 While the King of Ormuz continued to send messages to the governor concerning the fortress, and how this matter was to be concluded, Raix Noradim went to speak to the governor. Our captains went to fetch him with great solemnity on the governor's orders, because the latter wished to please him in order that the fortress might be built in peace, according to the king his master's wishes. Diogo Fernandes de Beja was kept in the city as a hostage, in exchange for Raix Noradim. As Raix Novadim's feet were very swollen with rheumatism and he couldn't climb up to the flagship, the governor spoke to him in Silvestre Corso's galley; whose poop was covered with carpets, and where a brocade canopy was erected. The governor sat down on a rich state chair; he was wearing a black damask jerkin, a cape made of the same material, which was open at the sides, a black velvet cap; trousers made of Milanese estamin, and a collar worth 3,000 cruzados, which he had ordered for state occasions in India.
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