_ 176 _ from Risahr and although they were double the size of his fleet, he decided to fight them. He told the other captains of this, and turned to meet the enemy. When they saw our fleet, it seems that they became so afraid that they headed straight for land, entering a row at two leagues from Risahr two of the fustas stayed outside as no more could do so. Francisco de Gouvea says that they had taken refuge, and in order to […] them more quickly he moved into one of the catures. By rowing hard he reached one of the two fustas which had remained outside the river. He grappled the fusta and then killed three of the twenty men aboard, all of them musketeers, The rest threw themselves into the sea, where the Portuguese captured them all and seized the fusta. The other fusta beached and its men escaped ashore. The fusta was captured by Francisco de Gouvea and he found it laden with clothes, ginger and cinnamon. This was the type of cargo carried by the naos sailing from Ormuz to Basra. Having taken this fusta, as Francisco de Gouvea knew he could not fight the others because they had gone inside the river, he went to Kharg to take on water. There he found a village which had a mosque. There were about sixty Moors of the enemy armada, who were waiting there whilst the others took the captures, they
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