_ 380 _ There was another ship belonging to the prince of Cambay, and the two were well-armed, with plentiful munitions, and the two were well-armed, with plentiful munitions. Besides these 60 ships, there were many vessels called terradas which are used for carrying supplies and water from the interior and other island belonging to Ormuz. He put much artillery and many soldiers in both these ships and those belonging to the merchants so that, having begun to collect them as soon as he heard of Afonso de Albuquerque’s coming, altogether Khwaja Attar had 10,000 men in the armada and in the city. Afonso de Albuquerque arrived at the port of Ormuz on the 25th September Chapter: XXXIII Of what Afonso de Albuquerque did when he arrived at the city of Ormuz Once Afonso de Albuquerque had found where the Moorish ships were anchored, he ordered all the captains of the fieet to his ship and held council with them, during which time various plans were put forward. Finally it was agreed that, it there had to be war, they should fight the Moorish ships before making for the city, and that Afonso de'Albuquerque should attack the Meri, which belonged to the King of Cambay, while Joao da Nova should attack the Prince's ship and Francisco de Tavora the
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