_ 223 _ Cruzado, Portuguese gold coin fixed at 400 reis in 1517, (later also of silver). Fusta , a single masted small vessel, rowed by from ten to thirty-five pairs of oars, and often mounting three or four small guns. Tone, a long narrow rowing boat that he could not travel himself because of pain in his leg. Antonio Correa went to see him, and the king did him great honour presenting him with a golden sword and a dagger, both richly decorated. He also gave him a horse, with a saddle richly adorned with silver, some pieces of brocade and others of silk. To his brother who went with him he gave other pieces, a dagger and a sword, both richly worked. He also made valuable gifts to all the captains and nobles who went with him in the armada and accompanied him there, and pleaded forgiveness for giving them so little. If he had been able to command all the income, he had had previously he would have repaid them for all their expenses and for the work they had done, which they much deserved, he said.
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