ABSTRACT
T h e n , when I had stayed two days, I took leave of him with great grief ; m y heart almost broke with grief. And I left him a part of the few coins I was carrying and, also, I took off some garments I was wearing and gave them to the cook the Duke had assigned to the Lord Infante, and spoke privately with him and told him to look to it not to allow anything that could injure him to be put in his food ; that if he guarded against it, he would derive much good for it from me and others. He laid his hands on the Gospels and swore to me that he would sooner let his head be cut off than suffer any harm to come to the Lord Infante through eating what he had prepared for him. And so I parted from him and took leave of the Lord Infante and his retinue. And I went to take leave of the Duke and, of his mercy, he gave me some of his rich and valuable jewels. And I departed, pleased with him, and returned to Negroponte where I found the galleys which were only waiting for me.
