At this juncture, the ambassador of the Xeque Ismael, perceiving that Afonso Dalboquerque was making preparations to fight the Rumes, begged that he might receive permission to return, for he had been waiting there for several days; so Afonso Dalboquerque lost no time in despatching him, and caused Fernão Gomez de Lemos, brother of Duarte de Lemos da Trofa, to get ready, for he intended to send him in the party as ambassador to the Xeque Ismael; and Gil Simões, page of the King D. Manuel, as scrivener of the embassy, and fitted him out with eight saddle horses to accompany him, all of them caparisoned with silk after our fashion; and also made ready to send to the Xeque, as a present, several things, namely, two cuirassbodies, one of crimson velvet, the other of brocade; a headpiece and chin-piece, ornamented with gold; a suit of harness embroidered with all its parts; four bracelets of gold and rubies; very rich rings and other very rich jewellery of gold and precious stones; and a short cannon (berço), and a gun (cãio) of metal; and half a dozen matchlocks, and as many cross-bows; and sent him copper, tin, and a small quantity of all the spices of India.