_ 101 _ was very happy to see them and offered coats to all of them. A Granada Arab whose name was Cideale and who lived with the King of Cambay told Meliquias to look after our men very well, because this would later help him to make peace with the Viceroy, for he was certain that our men would avenge well the death of Dom Lourenco’s followers, from the time he had lived in Granad(A) he knew that these men never began a war against Arabs or Christians without seeing it to the end. And he told him, of the many victories the Portuguese had won in their wars against Castille. He also advised our men not to become Muslims, because he would find a way to ransom them. Chapter: 82 After Pero Barreto and Paio de Sousa left the bar at Chaul they had great difficulty in reaching the other captains who sailed ahead. Some of them were so afraid of the enemy who were pursuing them, that the greatest sailing speed was too little for them. At this point Francisco de Anhaia and Antonio Lobo were driven so far away from land that they did not catch sight of it again until they reached Mt. Deli, Pero Barreto and the others sailed along the coast. On the following day three sails appeared on the horizon, which seemed to be large ships, judging by the size of the (A) probably Granada in Spain.
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