_ 250 _ them to such a degree, assuring them that the king was either dead or else under arrest, that they felt outraged at the Portuguese and began to want to fight them. And they would have done so, if the governor had not saved the situation; when he heard the shouting outside, he imagined that the Arabs were suspicious (they had reason to be, since they hadn't been allowed in and our forces had come to surround the Madrasal) and he therefore asked the king to go up to a terrace and tell the people that he was free. This he did, followed by Raix Noradim, when the paople saw the king and Raix Noradim they shouted for joy, and the king told them to be quiet and not to cause trouble, because he would sentence troublemakers to death. He then ordered them to go away to a side of the city; Raix Noradim gave the same order to a son of his who was in command of some of the king's men and this was carnied out. When Raix Madofar saw this, he feared that something might have happened to his brother, and he began to call his name, telling our men either to hand him over or to show him to the people. But the king told him and his brothers to leave the city at once, to vacate his house and to leave the kingdom. To which he replied that he would obey his command, provided they handed his brother over
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