_ 239 _ turned into lime. As this quarry was at some way from the city, Francisco Pereira was assigned to guard the men who worked in it with his ship, to which they would retire at night. Two days later our merchandise began to be unloaded and taken to the factory, Dom Garcia went ashore to accompany the men and protect the fortress, whilst the governor remained at the fleet with the others. In this way our position both at sea and on land was secure not only as regarded our forces but also the King of Ormuz, who sent the governor food every day, looking after him as if he were his own father Raix Noradim advised the king to behave in this manner, and he was very pleased that the governor had come, because he hoped to take revenge on a nephew of his called Raix Hamet, who had committed treachery against him. This is what had happened in his capacity as guazil, Raix Noradim had appointed Raix Hamet chief of the king's guards; together with two of his brothers he was to live in the kings residence and at Raix Novadim‘s request the king favoured and honoured them. After he had lived at the residence for one year, he began to ask the king to make him guazil, and to give him the houses which had belonged to Cojeatan.
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