At dawn, the captain, pretending that he quarrelled with all for putting them in the stocks, let them out.

He then ordered the barber to shave off their beards and hair, except one tuft on the side of their heads.

He also ordered their finger-nails and toe-nails to be cut with scissors, the uses of which they admired.

Queiroz caused them to be dressed in silk of divers colours, gave them hats with plumes, tinsel, and other ornaments, knives, and a mirror, into which they looked with caution.
This done, the captain had them put into the boat, and told Sojo to take them on shore, coasting along to the end of the island, to see what there was beyond.

The natives came, and the fear being passed, they sang their happy and unhoped-for fate.