_ 456 _ In the same year (1560) The priest Melchior Carneiro sent a letter to the priest Diogo Leonis, the Bishop of the Society of Jesus in Rome, Goa, on the 9th of December 1560 (first copy), and he mentioned news about Abyssinia and Massawa:(53) Paras. 2-4 2. As you will know from letters from the Father Patriarch, we have no further news from Ethiopia other than what we sent last year, i.e. that a Turkish captain who went to conquer the territory was defeated. But although he was defeated, he had enough soldiers left to defend the seaports he uses, and we cannot go there unless we are sent with a large fleet from here. We hope that this will be necessary because it is important to the State to capture two fortresses which the (53) Document no. and reference.
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