_ 488 _ In the same year (1561) Lorenzo Perez de Tavora, the Ambassador in Rome, sent a letter to D. Sebastiao, Rome, on the 19th of July 1561, and he mentioned that Ships in Suez did not exceed twenty-five ships and were in poor condition:(60) Summary of pp. 303-6 Sir, I learned from a letter of Your Highness that Francisco Barreto had arrived in Lisbon and had brought good news about India and that what had been sent to Venice by way of Alexandria was false. You cannot imagine what Dom Constantino was accused of. False rumours caused so much damage to Your Highness’s interests that everything Francisco Barreto stated to the contrary was received with great satisfaction. Such credit was given to these reports here, that it was (60) Document no. and reference.
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