_ 45 _ was accompanied by the carracks of Dom Fernando De Sá and Manuel de Albuquerque, Dom Francisco De Sá in the carrack that Manuel de Macedo had used, Lopo de Mesquita in a small camorin, Aleixo de Sousa in a naveta and Tristão de Athaide, who had come out with Simão from Portugal; in a foist. There were nearly five hundred men in these vessels, most of them noblemen and members of the King’s household. Simão da Cunha was ordered to collect Belchior de Sousa, who had command of six small galleys inside the Straits, guarding the passage of the terradas that ply between Basra and Ormuz. This was Belchoir de Sousa Tavares, the governor of Porto Blegre and Assumar, who has those posts taken away from him by the King on account of some grievance he had against him, giving him instead the profits from the fishing in Aveiro, which at that time was worth very little but nowadays is worth a lot and has been inherited by his grandchildren. This fleet, set, sail at the beginning of September and spent several days at the mercy of adverse winds floundering about and having a hard time until better weather brought them to Bahrain, save for the carrack of Dom Francisco de Sá, whose sails had been destroyed and was unable to move. Anchored off Bahrain, they found that
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