_ 123 _ also built artillery positions all along the shoreline, as well as sending for many more soldiers from abroad, so that he was well fortified. On the day he arrived he anchored before Turumbaq to see if he could capture a native who could tell him what was happening in the city. With this in mind he sent a barge ashore but couldn’t find anyone. As it proved impossible to capture someone, on the following day he besieged the island, positioning Francisco de Tavora on the side of Qeshm, and Martim Coelho on the side of Turumbaq, so as to prevent any provisions from reaching the city from those parts. Together with Diogo de Melo, he positioned himself before the city, though at a little distance, because the enemy were firing their artillery from land. At night he would send the barges and skiffs from here to go and fire at the enemy’s artillery positions and wherever they might see a fire burning. There were four parties working in turns, headed respectively by captains Jorge da Silveira, Jeronimo de Lima, Manuel de Lacerda and Antonio de Sa, all of whom caused great destruction among the enemy and killed many of them on land. One night when Jorge da Silveira was going to attack in the flagship’s skiff, he caught sight of a boat moving
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