_ 74 _ that the Portuguese were brothers of the devil who rejoiced I affliction and labour. So that they would not be seen the Moors spent the night collecting the dead from the shore and returning to their ships with almadias to save what they could; but they were heard from our ships, and the Captains sent out their skiffs with the ship-masters and mates and their sailors who chased after the almadias all night, and captured much booty and captured and killed many Moors, yelling insults and shouting wherever they went so as to frighten the Moors from putting out to sea. Chapter: VI What the Captain-in-Chief did after the victory at sea in fighting on land; how he agreed peace and made the King of Ormuz pay tribute of fifteen thousand xerafins and the costs of the war; and other things. The next day the Captain-in-Chief called the Captains and told them that it would be a good idea for their soldiers to gai some good from their labours, and so they should send them, or better still go with them in person, to rob the ships; and so as not to have any dispute between them, if they wished he would divide up the spoils. They all agreed, and then they went up on the castle of the ship, and he allotted four ships to each of them. The Captains sent for their skiffs and in each they put one of their men, and then
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