_ 411 _ In the same year (1560) Lorenzo Perez de Tavora, the Ambassador in Rome, sent a letter to D. Sebastiao, Rome, on the 15th of March 1560, mentioning that the Turkish fleet was in Suez:(46) Sir, On the 14th of the present month one John Ferruja [Farruja], a Maltese who is a trader in Cairo, which he left on November 26 last, came to my house. He brought letters for me from António Pinto of Oporto, who was taken prisoner in Muscat with João de Lisboa, who was taken prisoner in Muscat with João de Lisboa, and from Mathias Becudo [Bicudo], who is also in Cairo. They had decided to send this man so that before the ships left, Your Highness would be informed of the fleet which is being prepared in Suez against India. He blames his late arrival on contrary winds in the passage from (46) Document no. and reference.
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