_ 393 _ idea for each of them to carry a message to the captain of Mozambique telling him to send one of the vessels that go along the coast straight from there to Ormuz with this information; it is also of great importance for Mozambique, which has already had cause to fear. For the sake of the ships, and for Ormuz and for all India, one could and should risk a caravel, whether the ships have sailed or not, which could reach Mozambique and Ormuz quickly, since it seems the ships ought to go outside the island of São Lourenço [Madagascar] to ensure their safety from this fleet. All in all, there is much to consider, and I am just suggesting what occurs to me in a confused fashion, which will all be decided better in Your Highness's council, and everything necessary prepared. It might be suspected because of the timing of this information and because this Pasha of Cairo is a new ruler, that the preparation of the galleys in Suez was after his coming, and that he went to that port last November, and that a fleet so unprepared as that one is had many different needs. For these reasons, it must be believed that it will not be able to sail from there before July, which I believe (if I am not mistaken) will be during the monsoon; for all planning those who are experienced in sailing in
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