_ 70 _ told Gaspar da Silva, in whose galley they sheltered, and he told others, so that the secret was broken. When the governor learnt that the enemy artillery could not be disabled, he became very morose and distressed. He had lost the great enjoyment it would have brought to have attacked the city and destroyed it, being the first Portuguese commander to arrive there, and it had cost immense efforts to bring all those of the fleet to that place. With great anguish at such reverses that he could not help showing in his face, he accepted that there would be no attempt to reach the city, with the fear of further losses it would bring. In order to let this be known to the captains, nobles and other senior people in the fleet he called them to a meeting on the next day at nine o'clock. When they were assembled, he said: You will know how at the order of the King my master we came to seek out the Sultan's fleet in order to do battle with it, hoping that with the help of Our Lord we would destroy it and relieve. India from the repeated attacks he has been making. It was not found in Aden, nor in Kamaran, so we were forced to come to this city, with all the great efforts; force and dangers that this entailed.
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