_ 36 _ city of Ormuz and on the island of Kishm, both having been sacked. In India, the news from D.Nuno excited everyone and many immediately rushed impulsively to Ormuz at their own expense. Antonio de Sá (the Mamluk) travelled from Bassein in a cutter in just 20 days. D. Diogo de Noronha (the Hunchback) and his cousin D. Antonio, the brother of D. Alvaro, immediately embarked with 50 men each. The Viceroy sent Fernão Farto at once to announce his departure in person. He went to the Town Council of Goa to ask for help, which they gave him to the tune of 20,000 pardaus in gold and he embarked at the end of October with more than 30 heavy ships and 50 smaller ones. However, he received news in Diu of the withdrawal of the Turks, so he returned to Bassein with the rest of the fleet after sending a reinforcement of 12 heavy ships and 20 light ones under the command of his nephew D. Antão to Ormuz. The latter arrived there at the end of November and he assigned Gomes de Siqueira and Luis de Aguiar, both fine cutter commanders, to reconnoiter Basra(A). (A) Note the resolution and speed with which help was sent to threatened garrisons, provided unfavorable monsoons did not prevent them.
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