_ 213 _ to desert the city, the common people making their way to the Moghistan shore and the leaders and rich people to the island of Qishm, which is near Ormuz. The king and the guazil withdrew to the fortress with their wives and all their riches, where the captain Dom Alvaro gave shelter to them and to all the Portuguese who were outside. He began to build fortifications as best he could, and when he made a head-count of all the people, he found nearly 900 men, as there were more than 300 there from the Royal Carrack whose captain was Aires Monis. Because he was strapped for time, he had put in at Ormuz, so as to carry on from there to India, as has already been mentioned. Among these forces, Dom Alvaro had upwards of 1,000 muskets and many arms and munitions. As soon as he had lost our foist, the son of Piri Reis turned about once again, and when dawn broke he found himself in sight of the other coast of Arabia off Muscat. From there he resumed his search for his father and having advanced as far as a place called [Alfacão Khor Fakkan?], he came across the terrada in which João de Lisboa’s wife and the others were sailing. He ordered them to be put aboard his galley and he commanded Bartolomeu Dias and Apolinario Mendes to be condemned to the rowing benches.
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