_ 161 _ then sailed away and took with him all the Portuguese. In this he showed himself to be in every way an excellent Fidalgo, both in his behavior towards Reis Mahmud in Bahrain and in the matter he went to accomplish, which, thank God, had so good a result. The soldiers he had with him, both Portuguese and Moors, were all very pleased with him. Your Lordship must be grateful to him for all these things, for they well deserve it. and he would never allow anyone to spare him any part of his labour. I have heard from Reis Nur al-Din that he met the [Mana] after Bernardim de Sousa had left, and they made peace agreements together. The [Mana] handed over to those of El Katiff who were in Bahrain all the palm-groves and lands there, just as they had had them at the time the fortress was taken. At the time of writing everything is now quiet in those parts. Much of this was because the [Manaa] had been soundly defeated in the interior of the country, for otherwise we would have had more difficulty in taking the fortress and also in recovering the land and palm-groves which, as I say, he has now surrendered so freely. The rest about this venture Your Lordship can learn from Bernardim de Sousa. As far as I can see, the men who came to this fortress are all embarking for India, both the reinforcements and
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