_ 236 _ Attached to his belt he had a splendid sword; and all the captains were seated and dressed formally. When Raix Noradim arrived, the governor stood up and gave orders for a chair to be brought for him, and upon it he sat down. After he had given him greetings and good wishes from the King or Ormuz, he said that he wished to discuss some confidential matters with him whereupon the governor had the poop of the galley cleared. The only people who remained there were Dom Garcia, a nephew of Raix Noradim's, Acem Ale, the interpreter Alexandre de Ataide, and the secretary. When they were alone, Raix Noradin told the governor that although he had done the King of Ormuz a favour by giving him the fortress which he had begun to build in exchange for a new site upon which to build another fortress, he now wished to give him back the original structure, for he looked upon him as his own father. And he hoped too, that the governor might treat him as his son, specially since he and his whole kingdom belonged to the King of Portugal and to the governor. And the reason why he wished him to have the old fortress was because it would be very difficult to acquire all the materials needed to build a new one. But in order to safeguard the interests of the local people and the merchants, he asked the governor to swear by his
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