_ 251 _ to him seeing that they refused to hand him over he retired to the King's residence with his men (Raix Hamet had left his other brother Raix Ale there to guard it) and prepared to fight for he was not afraid of the king nor did he take any notice of several messages the king sent him, ordering him to vacate the residence and leave the city. The only reason why he finally obeyed was that he was afraid of the governor, who sent him Sheikh Ishmael's ambassador he threatened to fight him if he did not leave the residence, for which purpose he would have his men bring all the latters from the fleet to the city, as well as 50 pieces of artillery. These were in fact carried on carts and placed on the terrace at the top of our tower, which adjoined the residence, When Raix Madafar saw this he did not wish to suffer the same fate as his brother. He therefore left because the governor and the king gave him a safe-conduct, allowing the two brothers to leave with their wives, children, relations, servants and possessions. They also offered them some merchandise from India and gave them a ship to sail away in, promising not to follow them if they left. First, the scrivener of the King's treasury was to check whether they had not taken
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