. The life of Ferdinand Magellan and the first circumnavigation of the globe : 1480-1521. Sebu, emboldened by the pacificattitude of the Spaniards, replied that it was well, butthat he required that every one entering the port shouldpay tribute. The interpreter was in no way intimi-dated. His king, he said, paid tribute to no one, andif he wished for peace he could have peace, and if hewished for war he could have war. It happened that at that moment a Siamese traderwas in the port, a moro versed from boyhood in theaffairs of the East. The conquests of the Portuguesein India and their widespre
. The life of Ferdinand Magellan and the first circumnavigation of the globe : 1480-1521. Sebu, emboldened by the pacificattitude of the Spaniards, replied that it was well, butthat he required that every one entering the port shouldpay tribute. The interpreter was in no way intimi-dated. His king, he said, paid tribute to no one, andif he wished for peace he could have peace, and if hewished for war he could have war. It happened that at that moment a Siamese traderwas in the port, a moro versed from boyhood in theaffairs of the East. The conquests of the Portuguesein India and their widespread and increasing influencewere well known to him, and, desirous of saving theking from the results of a rupture with the Spaniards,he informed him of the successes of the Europeans ingreater India, and counselled him to make peace. TheKing of Limassaua added his influence to the sameend, and eventually the most cordial relations wereestablished between the Captain-general and the formal treaty of peace was concluded, the ceremonyof blood brotherhood performed, and an agreement. 111
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