_ 290 _ Piri Reis fired a salute from the galley, which approached the fortress and waved a white flag to parley with those from the bastion overlooking the field of artillery fire, stating that “they were bringing a message from the Pasha to the captain”. He gave orders to let them through and an Italian galley master disembarked with Bartolomeu Rodrigues de Morais, Apolinario Mendes, João de Lisboa’s wife, the soldier and bombardier from Simão da Costa’s foist, (who, as we mentioned, were left hanging from the oars of the galley of Piri Reis’ son). After they had been taken to the captain, the galley master announced that the Pasha was making him a gift of these men and this woman, as well as of a fine bow and a saddle-case, which he carried in his hand, and that if he wished to ransom all the people from Muscat, he the galley master would stay there until he did so”. After the captain had heard what he had to say, he had him put in the stocks with all those who had come with him, even the sailors from the skiff, and he kept them there for two days. On the third, he ordered them to be brought before him and he dressed them all in scarlet and told the galley master that he should take João de Lisboa’s wife,
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