_ 275 _ João de Lisboa’s wife and the others were sailing. He took them with him and ordered Bartolomeu Dias and Apolinario Mendes to be condemned to the rowing benches of the galley. He went with this prize to Muscat, where he found his father already waiting. Because Piri Reis had sailed right at the rear of the fleet, when he entered the Strait he found no news of the galleys in which he had sent his son, nor did he know what had happened to him with our foists. So, since it seemed to him that he might find him in Muscat, he travelled the length of the coast searching for him, passing through Kalhat where the factor was a certain Estevão Gomes. As soon as the latter saw the galleys passing, being a very determined and courageous man, he boarded a very small terranquin and set sail to inform the viceroy. Later on, we shall give an account of his voyage. As soon as Piri Reis met his son, delighted with the prize, he entered the bar of Muscat, and in spite of knowing that the Portuguese had erected fortifications, he came ashore without meeting any resistance. He pillaged the town which was deserted, where he still found a great deal of merchandise that it had been impossible for the inhabitants to collect.
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