_ 47 _ should be collected for they would be useful for grappling with ships in an battle. Many parts of the town were set on fire, and everything was destroyed. The Captain-in-Chief set sail for Ormuz because in the town one of the pilots from Melinde had talked to one the prisoners who had come from Ormuz ten days before, and he told him that there were many soldiers in Ormuz and many preparations for war, an even more at sea, with many large ships and many men and guns with which they hoped to destroy our fleet, for they already knew how few men we had. When this was reported to the Captainin-Chief he spoke to the Moor, who gave him a lot of information, and so he continued on his way. But the wind fell, and the pilots made them anchor so that the current would not carry them to land. They were anchored all night and until late into the next day, because there was no wind. While they were in this situation the Captain-in-Chief hoisted his flag and the Captains came aboard and the noblemen in their companies came also. Sitting with them all on the quarter-deck he told them that he had learnt that Ormuz was afraid and had called many soldiers to help, and they were strong, and the streets barricaded, and that their strength and confidence lay in the many ships and many
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