_ 382 _ Khwaja Biram returned with the reply to this message saying that the King wanted peace and that the Portuguese could go safely in their city and do what they wanted, but complaining to Afonso de Albuquerque about the poor treatment he had meted out in those parts of his kingdom which he had passed through. Afonso de Albuquerque made his apologies for this and sent the messenger back, but the King returned him with further messages. However these were all delaying tactics used by Khwaja Attar. Who awaiting a further armada that night which arrived with many from the mainland who would help to defend the city. He felt so assured of this that he ordered it to be proclaimed that no one was to kill any Portuguese, but that they were to be taken alive so that the King could use than in the war, and that night he ordered that all the large naos should be placed along the beach to defend the city. As well as this he ordered that if our ships should raise anchor to attack his navy, the terradas, in which he had much artillery and men, should surround them in the sea so that, one they were so surrounded, it would be impossible for them to defend themselves. The next morning, when the enemy fleet appeared in this formation, Afonso de Albuquerque saw that
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