_ 81 _ In the same year (1552) Reis Nur al-Din sent a letter to the king, on the 25th of October 1552, containing news about the Turkish fleet in Suez and the occupation of Aden, as well as the occupation of Algeria:(8) Senhor, What news I am able to give of this land to Your Highness are so bad, that I would sooner pass through the article of death than have to write them, both by reason that they are all very much against the service of Your Highness as because they are the destruction of my native land which grieves me beyond measure, to which there is no remedy but that which God may afford, and through the diligence Your Highness may employ in providing for the Governors of India, should they wish to in time. In May of five hundred and fifty two, I had news by a (8) Document no. and reference.
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