_ 174 _ side. He left the ships with the prows on land, with the guns primed, because he suspected the Moor's might attempt some treachery. So, it was for the king had mounted an ambush behind a hillock nearby, where there were four hundred horsemen and a large number of foot soldiers. As the Goazil put out his hand to greet Francisco de Gouvea they would rush out to kill all the Portuguese and capture the armada. Thus, the Goazil who was called Khwaja Frajula with three hundred men, came out and when Francisco de Gouvea saw him, he sent word to ask why so many men had come when they were about to make peace. He had no more than forty men so he asked that the Goazil should keep only a hundred of his. The Goazil accepted this and sent the rest of the men away. They then entered the tent where the Goazil sat down and invited Francisco de Gouvea to do it likewise. He refused this, however because of his suspicions whilst he spoke to the Goazil he walked about with sword in hand. TheGoazil therefore did not dare to carry out what had been planned. On the contrary he was afraid to see how calm Francisco de Gouvea was and thought he might be thinking of killing him. The peace was settled as the king had offered earlier and it was all written down by two clerks, one Portuguese and
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