_ 112 _ to go to India after the monsoon had ended and to pass by Shihr on the way. He would visit the king there on his behalf, telling him that he was empowered to make the agreement concerning which he had written to Aden and gave him instructions on this matter. This done Eytor da Silveira set off for Ormuz and in passing by Muscat he found the ships they had captured earlier had been sold. The proceeds received by the King of Portugal from these sales came to thirty-two thousand pardaos. In Muscat he heard news of Francisco de Freytas, captain of a brig he had left in Mait with a captured nao to be taken to Muscat. After Eytor da Silveira’s departure a fusta arrived carrying thirty Turks and ten Arabs, all carrying Muscats. When they saw Francisco de Freytas, they soon discovered he was sailing a Portuguese brig and went to grapple it. Although he had no more than ten men the Turks were not able to prevail in the ensuing fighting which lasted a good while. They were forced to take a rest. On returning to the battle Our Lord ordained that though our men were so few they fought so bravely that the Turks and Arabs were all killed, save a renegade Portuguese who was with them. He jumped into the sea and shouted that he was a Christian which saved him.
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