_ 233 _ to his galley, because he had to speak to him of matters which were of great concern. The king treated it as a jest. However, this is what Soleiman wanted. He ordered a signal to be sounded which made all the sick men take out their arms and attack the king's palace. They entered in confusion without there being anyone to resist them because of the suddenness of their coming. The king was ceased and taken to Soleiman's galley, the city remaining in the hands of the "sick” men. After the King of Aden was placed in Soleiman's galley he asked Soleiman why he had ordered him to be taken there when he had trusted him, Soleiman replied that it would be well for him to know that he was there in the name of the Sultan, and he had been there for four days, and the king had not gone to see him. To this the king replied with great bravery and said that if his lord the Sultan had been there, he would have gone to see him, but Soleiman was only his slave and captain. If he had wanted to go to see him, he had it in his power because he had trusted him. If he had not trusted him. He would never have allowed his men into the city nor let them out again with their heads. Soleiman then ordered him to be hanged by one of the galley's cables and then hung at the city gate. Then he
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