_ 220 _ well treated as an honorable man in their care. I therefore sent to have him brought ashore and very well accommodated in some good houses. I placed him under the guard of Lopo Mendes, Your Highness's servant, a man of good sense and prudence. Reis Sharaf immediately set to work to write to his son, and I have sent a foist for him. After I had spent two days with Martim Afonso, I went into the city, and, when I had disembarked on the quay, in the presence of the secretary and all the noblemen the people handed over to me the governorship with many courtesies and blessings. After he had handed over to me, he spent a few days in this city, during which he told me that he had in his possession 450,000 gold pardaus, which come from the amount he had from Khwaja [Cemecadim](A) on the death of Ased Khan. Of these he had already sent 300,000 pardaus to Your Highness. I wished to know whether this money was receipted by certain officials who would keep account of it. Both from him and from Your Highness's officials, I learnt that this was not the case, but that it was in the possession of Martim Afonso. Having considered the great need in which (A) Khwaja [Cemecadim] or [Xemeçady] was Treasurer to Ased Khan.
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