_ 330 _ arrived and that he was already at sea with the galleys, preparing them to make an exit. Gomes de Siqueira immediately left with this information. Barnardim de Sousa the captain of the fortress, formed a plan and sent some spies to find out about the galleys. These went in terranquins dressed as fishermen, to fish inside the Strait. They took fish to sell to the galleys and they observed and noted everything, without anyone being suspicious of them, and Bernardim de Sousa was informed of what was happening every two days. A few days into August, Ali Chelebi, with his galleys now ready, emerged from the Strait. As soon as our ships, which were patrolling there, spotted them, they returned to Ormuz and gave the news to Dom Fernando de Meneses, who the very same day embarked in the light ships that he had ready and left for Muscat to join his fleet and set off after them. Dom Antão de Noronha accompanied him in a galliot with forty soldiers and noblemen and on arrival at that port they quickly took some needed items and transferred to the galleons, and with the whole fleet they once more went in pursuit of the galleys. As soon as Dom Fernando left, Bernardim de Sousa armed another galleon that was there belonging to Gomes
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