_ 136 _ him several sacks of rice and dates and also some sheep for his armada. The governor had received a message from the king of Ormuz to the effect that if any nao or naos of the king of Portugal called at his port, he was to give clothes and supply them with food. When Afonso de Albuquareque saw that he had had a better reception than he expected he realized that the governor was offering gifts and peace out of cunning or prudence. He sent some men on land to fetch the provisions and to draw water from a few wells that were by the seashore. While our men were drawing water they saw a fat and healthy looking man without the head covering the Moors usually wear, gesticulating as if he was in trouble, and when he came within earshot of our men, he began to shout and to tell them to take refuge, just then the beach was filled with Moors, Pero Vaz, the Factor who was receiving the provisions, and the others who were drawing water had to rush to their boats and before they reached them, they saw by the discharge of artillery that the Moors made on their boats that there had been an uprising. As the Moors saw that they were not in time to attack these men on shore because they had taken refuge in their boats, they went to the walls of the town where they had their artillery mounted, and they began to fire and shout
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