_ 217 _ that he had captured a fortress from the Portuguese. He promised to ensure the lives and liberties of all those who were inside so that they could go wherever they wished. He said this with such a show of fine words and such lavish promises that João de Lisboa accepted the terms. After which the Pasha issued him with an elaborate safe-conduct in the name of the Grand Turk. With this, João de Lisboa sent word to all those in the fort that they should come to him, which they did. When the Pasha had them all with him, he treated them in the manner which is natural to all Turks: he set every one of them to row in the galleys. Having ordered the artillery of the fort and a great deal of merchandise that had been collected there to be put aboard, he embarked once again, leaving the fort stripped of everything. The important men who were captured here with João de Lisboa were: Andre Feio and his brother Diogo, natives of the island of Madeira, who later married in Goa and became citizens, Bastião Criado de Abreu, who was later captain of Trapor and Mahim, Manuel Castelão, Antonio Lopes de Oliveira, Diogo Luis, Manuel Dias, Antonio Pinto and other casados, all nobles of great standing.
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