_ 38 _ me like this.” The Captain-in-Chief said “When the time comes of which you speak I will not prevent your journey. I only bound you not to leave me secretly without my permission, as I know you have arranged to do with your friends, who tell me your secrets.” None of the Captains responded to this so that it should not be thought that they had given advice, but they felt even greater hatred for the Captain-in-Chief. Then they left and went to their ships, and the Captain-in-Chief set sail. Chapter: IV How the fleet left Muscat and what was done on the way to the city of Ormuz, how peace was made with the port of Sohar and the port of Khor Fakan destroyed. As our fleet sailed along the coast, they saw a large town of good houses situated in a wide plain between the mountains and shore, and in the town a castle with very fine land around it and a wide beach, where there were many soldiers, foot and horse, and a Persian Moor as captain of the King of Ormuz. With this Moor were many men from other towns who were recounting the damage our men had done. He already had three thousand men, for he had sent to the mountains for help, and he was very proud. So, when
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