Hacem Ale reached the shore, and related to the king and his governors all that had passed with the great Afonso Dalboquerque, and the reply which he had received, wherewith the king and all of them were much astonished, when they perceived the determination of the Portuguese. And the king lost no time in sending Hacem Ale back again with a message, begging him not to be angry, for he would send Reys Nordim,his governor, immediately, to consult with him, and would agree to everything in accordance with the wishes of his lordship; but as Reys Nordim was an old man and subject to gout, and would be unable to get up into the ship, he would desire him of his goodness to be pleased to come and see him in a galley, and send some Portuguese hostages to remain on shore.

On the following day, therefore, in the morning, Afonso Dalboquerque embarked on board the great galley, Captain Silvestre Corço, accompanied by all the captains, and stood close into shore, and ordered Lopo Vaz de Sampayo, Simão de Andrade, Aires da Silva, Pero Dalboquerque, Duarte de Melo, and Vasco Fernandez Coutinho, to take their boats to shore and convey Reys Nordim to the galley, taking with them Diogo Fernandez de Béja, who had been selected to remain behind as a hostage.