_ 300 _ You will then salute the city, letting off all the arquebuses together and then firing the artillery. If you arrive by night, fire off many rockets from the ships over the city, so that the King and the Arabs feel that you arrive in their country with great pleasure and in a spirit of celebration. 2. As soon as you anchor, place the Ambassador on shore. And when the King requests you to visit him, if he asks you to land, excuse yourself, saying that it is not the Portuguese custom, and that, besides, I have instructed you not to leave your fleet unless His Highness is besieged by the Turks; in that case, however, you have my orders to disembark all your people and to do whatever His Highness may order. Item: You will have with you two contracts, one in Arabic, one in Persian. The one in Arabic has already been signed by me, and this one is for the King to keep; the one in Persian he is to sign and swear, and you are to bring it back to me. You also have two contracts with the same content in Portuguese, one signed by me, which is for the King to keep, the other to be signed by him and his brothers, and you are to bring it back to me. On the day that you meet the King to sign and swear
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