_ 352 _ for the supplying of his fleet, and gave the order to prepare some more ships according to the documents he was carrying, because he had decided to pass on soon to Basra. On finishing his business, he went to embark, sending words from the beach to Bernaldim de Sousa not to wait for him as some matter had arisen which had forced him to go back to the galleon. Bernaldim de Sousa still refused to show that he understood what he had realized, because in fact he was blameless in the matter and was being scandalized. He sent word to the galleon that he should dine well. Don Alvaro da Silveira hastily prepared his fleet, landing every day and Bernaldim de Sousa waited for him, but he always refused to enter the fortress. He prepared six more rowing vessels and provided them with captains, who were Henrique Soares, Francisco Jorge, Gaspar do Amaral, Antonio Nunes and Antonio Goncalvez; and another whose name we did not find. When everything was ready Don Alvaro set off for Basra in June. Before arriving at the fortress of Rishahr, in the state of Persia, which lies at the mouth of the River Euphrates, they found a terrada which carried a safe conduct from Bernaldim de Sousa. When the terrada was
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