_ 313 _ At this, Pero Afonso reacted with some surprise, as did the whole camp, but realizing what had happened, since the men on the wall had already informed the soldiers at his position, he ordered everyone to arm themselves and as it was a clear morning, he entered the fortress, our three companions having already opened the gates. Our men there were in such a hurry that some entered through the gaps that our artillery had opened in the defensive wall. After searching without finding more than a couple of small artillery pieces there, some munitions and a small quantity of clothes that the Turks were unable to take with them, Dom Antonio summoned the guazil Rais Sharaf and told him he was handing over to him, unoccupied and free, the fortress that belonged to the king of Ormuz. He should take it over and provide it with what it needed. To this, he answered that he did not have the courage to defend it because on Dom Antonio's departure, the Turks would immediately return to attack it and this would cause a fresh problem, with Ormuz having to come to its relief. When this was put to the council of the captains, it was agreed that the fortress should be demolished, so that the enemy would not return to take it and build strongholds inside it. Dom Antonio immediately ordered an engineer whom he had brought with him to set to work mining all
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