If you would not be taken for one

English as a Second Language
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Does “But if you would not be taken for one” here mean “if you would not like to be taken as a traitor” or does it mean “if you would not like to be mistaken for someone else”?

“Who is your Highness’s friend?” said the King .
“Don’t you see, Sire?” said Corin. “It’s my double: the boy you mistook me for.”
Please, your Majesty,” said Shasta to King Edmund, “I was no traitor, really I wasn’t. And I couldn’t help hearing your plans…”
“I know now that you were no traitor, boy,” said the King, laying his hand on Shasta’s head. “But if you would not be taken for one, another time try not to hear what’s meant for other ears. But all’s well.”

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Here is how I understand it. “But if you don’t want to be mistaken for a traitor, try another time not to hear what is meant for other ears. But all is well.”

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