_ 271 _ the westerly wind which was very strong. As soon as Miguel Colasso saw the galleys, he returned along the coast and gave the news to all the towns. At that time, the captain in Muscat was João de Lisboa, whom the viceroy Dom Afonso had sent there to build a fortress, because the King had so ordered him in his instructions, for the security of the Portuguese who had always lived in that town. João de Lisboa had started to build the fort at the summit of the [Bacala] mountains, overlooking the bar and had spent three months on it, but it was still not quite finished. As soon as he received news of the galleys, he immediately put his own wife and those of several Portuguese who were there, in a terrada. Because they were old, he ordered Bartolomeu Dias de Morais and Apolinario Mendes to sail with them to Ormuz. João de Lisboa withdrew to the fort at the summit with sixty Portuguese who were there and put all the provisions, firewood and munitions that he had inside, and fortified it as best he could. Piri Reis’ son sighted Simão da Costa at the moment he returned ashore and hoisting his lateen sail, he set off in pursuit. As the wind was strong, the waves enormous
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