ABSTRACT
The affairs of Arabia being in this condition, the General Ruy Freyre sent from Muscat, where he then was, Luis Martins Chichorro as Captain-Major of 4 galliots and ten terranquins to the shores of Curiate and Cape Rosalgate, 1 with orders to ravage with fire and sword those of the inhabitants who refused to yield; he added that if this Armada should prove insufficient, he was to inform him of it forthwith, and then he would come in person. As soon as he had despatched this Armada he wrote to the Count-Admiral Viceroy, asking him to send some galliots and soldiers wherewith to prosecute the Persian war.
