_ 139 _ language means 'father' as I already said) and so he went about, with people honouring him everywhere, kissing his hands and clothes. Our people much enjoyed seeing this acknowledgement that he was a true ambassador, and he did not speak ill of anyone like some enemies of Afonso de Albuquerque did, who spread false stories when he was in India, so that later he had been discredited in Portugal up to that time. Chapter: XXV The next day when the governor learnt that three of our men had fled on Iand from Jorge Barreto's galley he ordered the magistrate-general to search for them there, saying he should ask help from the governor of Arguico if necessary. He also should ask him on his behalf not to delay too much in coming to see him, because he could not leave the fleet to go to see him. As the town governor knew about our men who had fled, he immediately ordered them to be captured, and they were taken at a place five leagues away. The following day he went with the magistrate to see the governor, accompanied by many people, and was on the shore when an arrow landed from the sea. At this the town governor fired off all his artillery at our fleet, and was so shocked that he could not move, and trembled greatly. When the magistrate asked him why he had fired
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