_ 200 _ duty to deliver. He would be very honoured if he would go to the fortress, where he himself was going and he would give the king the message there. With this Manuel de Sousa embarked in a catur, and with him went Diogo de Mezquita and Antonio Correa. The nobles who were in the galleon were astonished at the governor allowing the king to go and looked at him. He told them "my lords who are looking at me, board those fustas and accompany the king and do what Manuel de Sousa tells you." Having said this, all the nobles went on board the fustas with no more arms than swords. In some fustas went many and in others few and all in tremendous haste. Thus, they followed Manuel de Sousa; who was rowing as fast as he could to reach the king. The king's delay in returning to collect Khwada Safar helped Manuel de Sousa greatly in catching up with the king and without it he would never have reached him. After moving alongside the king's fusta he told Santiago the interpreter to ask the king if he would go over to the catur as the governor would like him to go to the fortress. Santiago replied that this was nonsense, and he would not give such a message to the king. He should go himself
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