_ 373 _ of the King of Portugal, when a captain of the King of Ormuz arrived together with 1000 soldiers and discovered the details of the agreement, the Sheikh was badly treated since he would not agree to break his agreement with Afonso de Albuquerque. When the captain arrived, he put the place in arms with some 3000 fighting men, merchants and inhabitants, besides the 1000 who had come with him. When he saw what he was planning, Afonso de Albuquerque ordered the place to be bombarded the whole of one night, and the next day, the fifth of September, at daybreak, he landed with his men who were divided into three units. The Captains were Francisco de Tavora and Afonso Lopez da Costa, who were to attack one side of the stockade, and on the other side they were Joao da Nova and Antonio do Campo, while Afonso de Albuquerque and Emanuel Telez were to attack the center. The first to arrive at the barricade were Francisco de Tavora and Afonso Lopez da Costa, who disembarked under the hail of artillery and arrows, but they managed to round up a large number of Moors who had come to guard the place. They set fire to the barricade, which at once caught light, so that no-one could bear the heat, and the Moors collected in the center, where Afonso de Albuquerque was, and where there was a fierce battle.
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