_ 353 _ brought to the commander, he ordered all the merchants to be taken aboard the galleon, together with their property and a large amount of money, without taking any regard for the safe conduct. The merchants made great protests and requests to him about this. Whilst they were at anchor, a little outside the Euphrates River, waiting for a message from the Gizares and from the king, which was sent from Basra, they were struck by a tremendous storm. This did not allow them to remain at anchor and they were forced to raise foresails and go back with the winds towards Ormuz. This happened in such a fashion that all the ships became separated, most of them arriving at Ormuz damaged and full of water, as also befell Don Alvaro da Silveira in his galleon. He entered the port without wanting to land there as he was advised that Bernaldim de Sousa was very annoyed at his ignoring his safe conduct to the terrada which he had seized. Don Bernaldim felt so affronted and offended and was in such a rage that his anchor would not allow him to yield to Don Alvaro's suffering, Certain persons stated that he wished to meet Don Alvaro da Silveira and that he had gone to await him at night, thinking he would land and that it was at the same place where he had met him before.
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