_ 289 _ were captive there, as Piri Reis wished to accord him that service”. To this he added many words of praise for the Pasha, thanking him profusely, with words that he was forced to utter. As up till that time he had received no news, it was then that the captain learned about the events in Muscat, which greatly depressed him. Since he was unaware of what had happened in this matter and of the way in which these people had been taken prisoner, he declined to give any answer to João Baliero. When the Pasha saw that they were making a point of not talking to him, in order to embark, he gave orders for a salvo to be fired at the fortress, which responded with another of equal force, which terrified the enemy because it lasted more than two hours without let-up, because the Turks never imagined that the fortress had so many resources. They promptly began to embark having spent twenty days besieging our men. As they withdrew, they wandered through the city to rob it and they totally defeated the three hundred men in the city who opposed them in a very disorganized way. After plundering and destroying the city, the Turks embarked and stationed themselves offshore. From there
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