_ 248 _ naked and was thrown onto the beach, through a door which opened onto it. None of these events were heard outside, thanks to the noise of our trumpets and drums this had been arranged so that the king's men wouldn't think that we were harming him. When Raix Hamet fell to the ground the king was already standing close to the governor; when he saw Raix Hamet being killed in this way, both he and his men went white with fear, because none of their soldiers were there to protect them; they feared something might happen to them too, and if they had had the chance they would have run away. The governor understood this and went up to the king, holding his cap in his hand, and laughed, apologizing for killing this traitor in his presence; but he said he had been obliged so to do because he had had the discourtesy of drawing his sword and grabbing his cape. Seeing that the king was still so mortified that he could not reply, the governor began to try to restore his spirits, and he embraced him; he told him that he had only killed Raix Hamet to serve him, because the tyrant had taken the kingdom away from him and had kept him prisoner. At this point the king said that he had done well and Raix Noradim, who realized that the governor was speaking the truth, also helped the king to recover from his
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