_ 316 _ did not forget to thank Mir [Maxet] for reminding him that good acts performed at the right moment always deserve thanks, because in most cases they are beneficial. He gave orders to ignite all the mines and all the ramparts were immediately blown sky high. He then withdrew to the camp where he spent the night in great watchfulness. The following day, he was notified that the Turks had retreated, and that Sheikh [Bemjabre] was half a league away from there with 800 horsemen, waiting to see if time would give him the opportunity to make an assault. As he received word at the same time about the Turkish encampment, he decided on his own initiative to give orders to attack them, without letting anyone know, for fear the Moors of Ormuz themselves would warn them. To that end, he instructed some captains to be ready with their troops and during the dawn watch, he dispatched Pedro Afonso de Avelar with 250 men, most of them musketeers, whom he then told where he was sending them and what they were to do. Our men began to follow their route in very good order. However, the Arabs, who brought many spies to observe them, seeing them long before they arrived, took shelter with such haste that when our men reached the place
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