_ 488 _ It carried the precious document and also the Viceroy's letter, which announced the conquest of Ormuz in the final paragraph but betrays the resentment he felt because his son, D. Lourenco, had not succeeded in achieving this trimph in the previous year(A). Job Queimado, a son of Vasco Queimado, a ship-owner of Setúbal, captained his own carrack(B), and his return voyage to Portugal was beset with mishaps. He reached Mozambique on 17 January 1508, after Tristão da Cunha had already left the island, and sailed from there on 11 February, but he had to return because his ship needed repairs. He left again on 9 March 1508, and as he was sailing unaccompanied he was easy prey for the French pirate Mondragon. A ship belonging to João da Veiga, and Job Queimado without his ship, reached Lisbon in January 1509, almost three years after he had left for India(C). (A) The Viceroy later wrote a letter to Afonso de Albuquerque which was never sent: 'I am sending by one of Timoja's men a reply to the letter you wrote me, which I at once sent on to my lord the King by a ship of Tristão da Cunha's company which left eight days after him'. Published in Cartas de Affonso de Albuquerque, vol.III, p.241. (B) Job Queimado became superintendent in Morocco, returned to India, was made fidalgo and treasurer of the Mint. V. Godinho, op.cit. vol.II, pp.83-84; Banha de Andrade,op.cit.,p.107. (C) João de Barros, Década II, Book I chap.VI; Castanheda, op.cit.,Book II chap.LXXXIIII; Damião de Góis, Crónica de D.Manuel, part II
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