_ 355 _ Episodes of the year 1557 The people of Diu sent a letter to Father Goncalo da Silviera in 1557, Diu, on the 20th - 21st of August 1557, where they mentioned that there was a conflict between the Turks and the Abyssinians at Bab al-Mandab:(38) After we finished this letter yesterday, 20 August, today, Saturday 21, the first nau arrived at his port from the strait of Mecca.(A) Thanks to Our Lord it has brought much good news; that the Turks(B) have not departed but that there is much fighting between the Turk and Prester John in which many men have died on both sides but that Prester John, with God’s help, has won more victories in the war.(C) (A) The only year when the Portuguese did not send any ships from India to the Red Sea, of which the Turks took advantage. (B) That is the Turks. (C) On the victories of the emperor of Ethiopia, Claudius, against the (38) Document no. and reference.
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