_ 213 _ only lacked two fustas, one having had to return to Ormuz and the other not arriving until after the enemy defeat. With the arrival of the ships, including the fleet of the King of Ormuz, Antonio Correa reviewed the strength of his force to see if it was able to make a landing, but he found he had no more than two hundred and twenty men fit for this purpose, of whom a hundred were nobles and servants of the king and fifty were musketeers and archers. The other men at arms were from India, and the rest were seamen who were required to guard the armada. Although he found himself with so few men and knowing that the enemy was as strong as I have described he nevertheless agreed with the other captains and senior officers to make a landing, trusting in Our Lord to come to their aid. He would have carried out on the eve of the fleet of St. James had it not been for Rais Sharaf, who because of certain religious observances did not wish it. Thus, the landing was postponed to the twenty seventh of July, which was a Saturday, when Antonio Correa wanted his, force to land in one place and Rais Sharaf in another, to see which was the most promising one for the attack. But Rais Sharaf would not agree to this, saying that the King of Portugal and the King of Ormuz were brothers,
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