_ 40 _ accompanied by the carrack of Dom Fernando de Sá, he sailed on to Ormuz, leaving the rest of the ships at Muscat, A few days later he reached the fort at Ormuz, where he was warmly received by Cristovão de Mendoza, the King of Ormuz and the Wazir. He took up residence in the fort, where he began to investigate the disagreement between the King and Rais Sharif, calming them down and making enquiries in secret because he was determined to punish whoever was at fault. And there we will leave Nuno da Cunha for the moment and return to Manuel de Macedo, whom we last saw setting out from Portugal. His voyage passed without any setbacks, and he entered the mouth of the Persian Gulf and took on water at Tiwi, which we commonly call Teive, twenty-two leagues beyond Cape Ras-al-Hadd, where he received word, that Nuno da Cunha had gone on to Ormuz. He opened his orders there and found that the King had ordered him of no amendment to arrest Rais Sharif and escort him back to Portugal which was done without agreement. Manuel de Macedo was afraid that if he sailed into Ormuz in his carrack for all to see then Nuno da Cunha might want to take the honour for the Wazir’s arrest from him, this being something that the King was so keen to have done. So, he decided to go ahead in secrecy without first reporting to the Governor. He took a light terrada
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