_ 407 _ However after this fury had passed these two captains were returned to their ships and with them he went to do a deed of honour at the island of Kishm, which is near to the mainland about three leagues from Ormuz. The matter was as follows; Afonso de Albuquerque knew through Moors that in the terradas which they were taking each day from the mainland to Ormuz and from the island of Bahrain to Kishm, they were carrying men and provisions which they were gathering in some of the king’s houses which he had on that island of Kishm. From these they moved on by night to Ormuz. To obstruct this aid he went to the island and although they caught sight of the Moorish fleet as all the vessels were like terradas moving fast with sails and oars, they were able to escape. As it appeared to Afonso de Albuquerque that in the king’s houses they might find something for the provisioning of the city ad to provide some booty to the men at arms. He was aggrieved that the terrandas would arrive safely with their cargoes. He went on land in the place where these houses were, and found more than three hundred men guarding them, including sixty horsemen. They resisted very strongly like gentlemen. Where Joao da Nova was climbing up a ladder they killed a man in front of him and wounded another,
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