_ 238 _ there that the fleet was struck by an gigantic storm and with small sails and at great risk it made its way as far as Muscat. Fernão Dias Cesar sailed out from there in a terranquin and told Dom Antonio that two galleys had passed the day before in sight of land. At this, he ordered full sail and went in pursuit with all the oared ships in the forefront to engage them if they encountered them. He travelled as far as Cape Ras-el-Had without catching sight of them. On the advice of all the crew, Dom Antonio (who wanted to follow them right to the Strait of Mecca) turned back from there because the winds were head-on and the fleet had not come prepared for them. Then, he made his way to the banks of the Teve to await the ships that were coming from India. He gathered all of them together there and stayed the whole of April and for several days in May. He was about to set sail from there when he met Pero de Ataide, furious with his entire fleet, which up till that time had been at the mouth of the Strait, because nothing worth mentioning had happened to him, nor had he seen Piri Reis, who must have passed him during the night. Dom Antonio made some comments about his flags, and in the end, Pero de Ataide removed them and followed him without them as far as Ormuz, where Dom Antonio took
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