_ 16 _ Reaching Catifa on the second of June, and what he did when taking the land and in the fighting at the fortress and its destruction, and from thence to the island of Marzy and in the journey to Baçorá he writes so extensively to Your Highness and as truthfully as one who went through it, that I do not write about it here. I would kiss the hands of Your Highness to remember to show favour to him, because independently of the labour he went through, and the danger he passed, he spent in this voyage so much that I know not when there will be enough to be able to repay him, and therefore also you will confer a great favour in sending thanks to those who went out with him, and show favour to those who shall demand it, conformably with their services and merits, for they went out to serve you in this, because India is in such a state and the people there, that it made it necessary for me to send fidalgos under arrest to Cochin from Goa, because they did not wish to go with him when proceeding to fight with the Turks. And as I state, of all he went through he would write to Your Highness in detail and fully yet I will say what I think of Baçorá, for it is a thing of so much importance and one that ought to be attended to for your service and upon which great consideration should be had.
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