_ 128 _ or the king) could be sure he would never see him again, and that he, Afonso de Albuquerque, would not leave until he had forced him to ask for mercy. The King and Cojeatar were very upset at the news written in the letter, because their friend had been captured. Chapter: 88 While the commander-in-chief continued to wage war on the city he learnt that it obtained its water supplies from some wells in a place called Nabande. This was situated on the mainland at three leagues from Ormuz as one proceeded into the Strait. Having decided to try and sully these wells he sent some spies to look at the place, for he knew that Cojeatar had posted a captain and 200 archers there. This was done by Antonio de Noronha and the principal pilot who had gone with Nuno Vaz in his pinnace. Once they had seen where the place was and the size of its landing site, which was suitable for the commanderin-chief to disembark, they went back to tell him about it and he at once got ready to leave in Nuno Vaz’s pinnace. Dom Antonio went in his barge, Francisco de Tavora in his, taking thirty or so men with them. They left at night on Friday the 13th of October, and on Saturday at dawn they
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