_ 388 _ In the same year (1560) His Excellency the Ambassador in Rome, Lorenco Peres de Tavora, sent a letter to D. Sebastiao, Rome, on the 17th of February 1560, mentioning what the Portuguese fleet achieved near Bahrain:(43) Sir, On the 13th of the present month, I sent Manuel Corea by whom I wrote at length of what the Turk's intentions about Suez and these parts, and I gave an account of the matter of Pombeiro and what had happened about the legateship. After this, I received a letter from Tomás de Cornoça relating an excellent achievement by Your Highness's fleet off the island of Bahrain, which must give great pleasure, both because of the reputation which such news wins for Your Highness's fleets in these parts and because of what (43) Document no. and reference.
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