_ 101 _ in the morning, and when he began to muster his men he found on the sick list another hundred. Besides, those that were stricken in the ships; upon this state of things a council was held; some were for attacking with the aid of the natives who were on our side. They were still holding this council when it transpired that they had fifty or sixty men in health, and upon this information it was decided by Simaõ da Cunha to embark, when he embarked he found there was no portuguese man to draw the bombards to the ships, it was only the natives who placed on board our Artillery, and the sick; and likewise all those who were helping us embarked in their vessels, and terradas and quitted the island. When Simaõ da Cunha had embarked, there came a message from the Moor, that he was grieved very much at his disaster, and that if there were in need of water or things for the sick, that he would send them, of which (?) he sent much water and many raisins and pomegranates, some said it was to find out if he was a traitor to the Portuguese or to the King of Ormuz, for had he wished, that he could have killed all our people, because everything was done before his own eyes, and that he would not defend himself, save so that they should not
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