_ 155 _ operation. The terror caused was such that all the boats and barges began to weave towards one another from the naos, each carrying messages which they thought up as the spirit moved them. They went backwards and forwards from land to sea, such was the fear they had of what would happen to them with the arrival of such as the fear they had of what would happen to them with the arrival of so fearful a guest. Some of them had already experienced our anger in the towns along that coast, while others had been warned of our strength. From what Afonso de Albuquerque could gather all of this desperate activity was concerned with the carrying of messages on how best to do battle, as they thought Afonso de Albuquerque would want to land and fight immediately. However so that they could show Afonso de Albuquerque that the city was not so unprepared as to allow him an easy victory, eight thousand men some armed and others unarmed came out onto the beach. They wanted to give the impression that they were there not to show their strength but only to see all those different naos and the foreign people in them. They not only showed themselves on land but also at sea. Many men filed the naos, the most striking one being that of the King of Cambay.
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