_ 55 _ sailing nearby in a terrada when he caught sight of the carrack and went to investigate and, seeing it in so bad condition, put himself and his crew aboard and sailed it to Ormuz, where he dropped anchor. And so, Nuno da Cunha learned of the disastrous outcome of the expedition and the death of his brother, which hurt him deeply. He withdrew in great disgust and sadness and ordered his brother’s body to be brought ashore for burial in a tomb. He was accompanied by the King of Ormuz in mourning in accordance with their custom, and also by the rest of the people from the fort; buried along with Simão in another tomb was Francisco Gomes, the son of the Bishop of Funchal, who had passed away the day before. The other ships in the fleet arrived later, one at a time, so badly stricken that they had almost nobody to man them; and those who had escaped the fevers thus far lasted only a short while longer, because the fevers of Bahrain when they strike kill sooner or later, and very few escape; it was also suspected that, besides the fevers, our men were helped on their way with poison that the Moors had put in the water. From all this one can see how many mistakes can be born from a single mistake, above all, mistakes in war that can never be corrected; because not only did this bring
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