_ 291 _ Bartolomeu Rodrigues de Morais and Apolinario Mendes back and inform the Pasha that he did not ransom such cowardly Portuguese who surrendered in this way without first being cut to pieces, and that the woman should be returned and handed over to her husband because he wanted him to be punished even through her. He accepted the soldier from him and the sailor from Simão da Costa’s foist, because they were not to blame. He was sending these items as their ransom, and he promptly offered him a beautiful basin and a silver jar adorned with gold relief, and with these he also sent a magnificent musket and a fine sword with a hand-shield. He was to tell the Pasha that they were the presents with which the captains of the King of Portugal welcomed the vassals of the Turk. With that, he ordered them to embark, while he paid no heed to the lamentations and the tears of the poor woman or the two old men. When the galley master arrived at the galley, he gave the message to the Pasha. As it was night, the latter immediately ordered him to cast the woman and the two old men onto the island. On setting sail, he came across a carrack of a Portuguese which had been abandoned on the other shore and he took it in tow and crossed to the island of Qishm, because he was informed that all the riches of
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