_ 343 _ In the same year (1555) Father Melchior Carneiro in the Society of Jesus sent a letter to Father Diogo Miron, the Bishop of the Diocese in Portugal, Mozambique, on the 8th of August 1555, stating that the Turks had a strong fleet stationed at Bab al-Mandab:(35) Paras. No: 6-7 6. If holy obedience were so to decree, I would use on this enterprise all the time we have to spend in India before we have the chance to embark for a meeting with Prester John. To make this journey we need a large fleet; all of those who are here, who judge things as men, are of this opinion, and it seems impossible to them that we can prepare quickly enough, for the country where we have to (35) Document no. and reference.
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