_ 68 _ When the Moors saw danger that their trade and credit was suffering from this, they influenced him with bribes and induced his confidants to kill the priests saying that, like a witch doctor, with prayers from a book, he was planning for the King of Portugal to take the kingdom and the mines from him. He was to be killed secretly by twenty kaffirs, and twice they did not dare to attack him. But one night, he was smothered in his sleep, when the King realized his error, encouraged by the Potuguese, he swore to kill those who were guilty of incitement, which he did, and he treasured an altarpiece of Our Lady of Grace which the priest had given him. From Cape Gardafui within the Strait, the Turk is master of the coasts both of Ethiopia and Arabia. Further, towards its end is the City of Jeddah, at 21½ degrees north, which was built to commemorate Judah, the eldest son of Jacob, when his tribe was saved with the rest from the power of the Pharoan crossing the Red Sea. Round all this coast of Arabia as far as Ras al- Bad, which is at 22 ½ degrees north, there is nothing else on my account, but at this Cape. One enters the Strait of Ormuz, which ends at the City of Basra. Although this city belongs to the Turk, its inhabitants and those around trade with
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