_ 177 _ had made to Risahr. When they saw our fleet in port taking on water, they gathered on the top of a hillock were there was a fort, and they prepared to defend themselves. They sent a message to Risahr to say what was happening whilst the inhabitors of the place took refuge in some caves by the edge of the sea. The greater part of these were killed by the Portuguese. On taking on water they burned the village, including the mosque which the Moors held as a holy place, pilgrimages being made to it from many parts. Francisco de Gouvea then sent word to the Moors on the top of the hillock that they would be killed if in three hours they did not give themselves up for him to do with them as he wished. They did so in fear of sending first their arms to him. Through them Francisco de Gouvea also obtained the release of those captured from Don Jorge de Crasto, but he made a condition that the peace should be kept which he had agreed with Khwaja Frajula. The King of Risahr was content with this, seeing how little he had to gain from war with the Portuguese. This done Francisco de Gouvea moved quickly through the Gulf to the island of Bahrain; where he wrote to the King of Basra of what he had done. He sent him the spices he had taken for the Moors, this being because of his
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