_ 100 _ Cupidity was great in the men’s mind for they judged they should take much wealth, as in effect they took, if they captured the Fortress for they did not heed the message of the Moor, nor his Peace flags which he ordered to be placed on the wall, they only attacked it and demolished one side of the wall with the powder that had remained to them after the salvoe of the port, the discharged being concentrated on a certain portion of the wall, until the breach was sufficient to admit a hundred men, and when this was done there were councils held as to whether they should enter in, some were for doing so. Many others were for sending for more powder to Ormuz, and then to bring down the whole Fortress as it would not endanger any one. They sent to Ormuz for powder, and other things necessary for war, and meanwhile that they were sending for the powder, there elapsed thirteen or fourteen days, during which they all luxuriated in all things and with many fruits, especially pomegranates, of which there are many in this island, the natives were all on our side, and assisted us in all things. With this delay and awaiting for the powder the men began to sicken, and when it arrived, there were already down, stricken with illness, a hundred men, and the ships disabled with them, Symaõ da Cunha ordered it to be given
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