Balthezar de Chaves attacks the port of Costaque; the Enemy press the siege, and the Captain-Major orders their artillery to be spiked; writes to the Governor of India concerning the state of the Fort; Dom Manoel de Azevedo leaves for India.

The Captain-Major continuing to prosecute the war with undaunted spirit, he sent Balthezar de Chaves to the port of Costaque ¹ with 300 Portuguese and 400 Lascarin Archers under the command of Mamude Xà, Captain of the King of Ormuz, in 5 galliots and 12 terranquis. They disembarked in the port, cut down the palm-trees, burnt the City and razed the fortress in which were stationed 1,000 Persians, who, after killing some of their own men who took to flight perished fighting valiantly; Balthezar de Chaves performed incredible exploits, as likewise did the Captains Dom Gonçalo da Sylveyra, ² Ioão de Andrade da Gama, Francisco Galvão, Manoel de Affonseca, Antonio Mourão, the Pilot Furtado and the others, all of whom performed deeds worthy of meritorious emulation, and so they retired enriched with booty, although with five Portuguese and nine Lascarins less; and setting sail they arrived at the fort of Queixome bringing the enemies’ flags trailing in the sea to the great terror of the Persians.