_ 22 _ In the same year (1563) Antonio Mendes de Castro sent a letter to the Queen, on the 1st of August 1563, mentioning the story of the King of Qishn, and revenge for the Portuguese:(5) Senhor, At these islands there remains two ships, viz: the ship Rainha and the São Vicento in which I came. I left Cochim on the twenty ninth of January, and the Rainha on the thirtieth, and on the twenty eighth of this month departed the ship Frol de la Mar, which, on the brow of the Cape, stress of weather carried away the helm, and the grogings of the rudder, the ship Rainha spoke her, and went in her company two or three days, they say they have already made a new helm, and were at the pumps. They awaited fair weather to set them, I sighted her, but as it was by night and on the brow of the Cape of Good (5) Document no. and reference.
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