_ 366 _ of Ormuz, he placed Portuguese officials there during the period of Diogo Lopes de Sequeira's governorship of India. Because of this, the King of Ormuz rebelled against the Portuguese, offering the tributes to the Sophy, which he had previously had from the Kingdom of Ormuz, with as much again in exchange for help against the Portuguese. The Sophy was happy to do this and sent men to assist him. But, when they arrived, the King of Ormuz was already dead and another, who had made a pact with the Portuguese, had become King. When the captains sent by the Sophy to aid, the King saw that their mission was in vain, they attacked the caravans which were on their way to Ormuz. So, it was that the King of Ormuz, lost his income and went apologetically to the governor, D Duarte de Menezes who at the time governed India, saying that he could not pay the King of Portugal the tributes due. In order to release Ormuz of this oppression, and to free them from the power of the Sophy, the governor sent a very able man called Balthasar Pessoa as ambassador. He left Ormuz, of which I will now speak. The City of Ormuz is situated on an island of the same name at the mouth of the Persian Gulf three leagues from
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