_ 133 _ heard some Arabs inside the mosque; with a large piece of wood they found, they rammed the door and opened it, breaking the inside bolt. Eight Arabs who were inside came to defend it at once, but in spite of all their efforts Nuno Vaz and the others went in and stabbed them to death. It was later found out that one of the victims was one of Sheikh Ishmael’s captains; the other captain was killed at the wells by Lopo Alvares. After leaving the mosque, Nuno Vaz went to set fire to the town, which began to be consumed by great flames. This, coupled with the commander-in-chief ‘s success at the wells, where he -killed a great many of the enemy, frightened them so much that they no longer had the courage to resist and fled. The commander-in-chief told his men to continue to set fire to the whole town, as well as the mosque. By the mosque they found camels loaded with dates, flour, and bows, which had arrived four days before and which were to be sent on to Ormuz. The commander-in-chief ordered the goods to be loaded onto the pinnace and the barges, whither he then retired, after seeing to it that the wells were sullied. None of his men had died, and only a few had been wounded. As he went back to the barges an old man and an old woman came out of the town and asked the commander-in-chief to have mercy on them. He was pleased, because he had
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