_ 48 _ have to pay for any misfortune that befell the Portuguese; so, he quickly ordered a large white flag to be hoisted on a bulwark as a sign of truce. When Simão da Cunha saw the flag he sent an interpreter to find out what Ras Bardardin wanted. Ras Bardardin told the interpreter that he would not have rebelled if it hadn’t been for the imprisonment of his brother-in- law, which the King of Ormuz had agreed to, since he had allowed Ras Sharif to be taken prisoner in his palace; but now that the Governor of India had intervened in the affair, and since the King of Portugal had ordered it to be done, he, as a servant and loyal vassal, wanted to put himself at the service of the Governor, who stood in the King’s place, and to comply with whatever his commander might decree. If they wanted the fort, he would open it freely to them and leave with his wife and family to go somewhere else, leaving Bahrain free and open for the King of Ormuz. When Simão da Cunha saw Ras Bardadin’s justification for his actions he wanted to finish the business quickly and accept the fort since they would give it to him without any trouble or any casualties. But the captains and noblemen in the fleet argued against this intention; they said it wasn’t right that the Moor should be left unpunished for
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