_ 107 _ After emptying this ship, a battle ensued which was much fiercer than before because the Moors were real fighting men and fought very bravely. Almost all of them died defending their ship. Martin de Crasto and ten or twelve of our men were badly wounded, they are suffering the brunt of the action. Having taken the nao it was found to be a reasonably rich capture. Apart from these two ships some others were seized by other captains without any fighting. These two were of the greatest value. From those who were made captive Eytor da Silveira learnt that the greater part of the naos from Diu and the kingdom of Cambay had already passed Honor because as they were expecting the governor to go to Diu that year, they had left early in order not to be captured. When Eytor da Silveira heard this, he realized that it was a waste of time to stay there any longer and so he set off for the town of Mait where he had ordered the other captains to meet after completing their seizures. Thus, they all gathered there. Chapter: 15 It was mentioned in Book VII that Soleiman Rais, the Turkish commander had been killed, Mustafa and his
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