_ 225 _ and beautiful bow with its saddle-case, which he carried in his hand, and which he also presented, and that if he wished to ransom all the people from Muscat, he would stay there until he did so. The only answer that the captain gave the galley master was to have him put in the stocks with all those who were with him, even the sailors from the skiff. He ordered them to be released on the third day and brought before him. After clothing them all very well, he told the galley master, to take back João de Lisboa’s wife, Bartolomeu Rodrigues de Morais and Apolinario Mendes and inform the Pasha that he was not going to ransom Portuguese who were so cowardly that they surrendered before being torn to pieces, and that the woman should be returned to her husband. His crime was greater because he was a captain, so it was just for him to be punished through her as well, so that his punishment would be greater. He accepted the soldier from him and the sailor from Simão da Costa’s foist, because they had no part in that crime. As their ransom he was sending the following items, and he immediately gave orders for a beautiful silver plate and jar adorned with gold relief, a magnificent musket and a beautiful sword with a hand-shield, to be handed over to the galley master. He was to tell the Pasha that they were the articles with which the
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