_ 35 _ to take on water and provisions and in a large building they found quantities of coir, and chains and hawsers, all new, and unused water receptacles, all belonging to the Sheikh, who sold them to the ships that came into port and allowed no one else to do so, and he made a lot of money. The shipmasters took it all for they had great need of it, especially the water tanks because they had few barrels and in the heat of that country these all gaped and could not hold water; this was the principal gain. For three days our men worked at this, taking provisions on board at their ease, and at night the Captains and men kept watch. The Moors were up in the mountains watching what our men were doing. It happened that they were cutting down the supports of a large mosque and it suddenly collapsed, trapping more than twenty men pinned down under the upper storey. By a miracle of Our Lord no one died, and they found a hole through which they all escaped from danger, for which they all praised Our Lord. The Captain-in-Chief, knowing that everyone had reassembled and much water had been collected, went ashore to get the men. There came a Moor with a message from the sheikh to say that he had done enough damage, and he should not set fire to the town. The Captain-inChief answered that fire was his principal employment,
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