_ 112 _ The captains were swayed by this argument and therefore did nothing. But when the westerly winds began to blow Diogo de Melo, and Martim Coelho left for Cape Guardafui. This was on the 13th of March, five days after the beginning of Lent, Jorge de Melo, whose pilot was ill, did not follow them but stayed with the other captains. Chapter: 85 Diogo de Melo and Martim Coelho, who were on their way to Cape Guardafui reached Melinde on the eve of Our Lady’s Day in March. Here the found Francisco de Tavora, captain of the “Rei Grande”, whom Afonso de Albuquerque had sent to look for provisions. They waited for him until the 4th of April and then they all left together, taking Cide Muhammad with them, as well as João Sanches, and João Gomes, whom the King of Melinde had not yet sent to the Prester (i.e. of Ethiopia). They took them so that Afonso de Albuquerque might send them there himself. On the seventh day of the same month as they were on their way the three of them captured an Arab ship before Mogadishu. This was surrendered to them without a fight. They sacked it, burnt it and left, reaching Cape Guardafui on the 18th of April, where they found Afonso de Albuquerque who had been there for three months.During all this time he had only
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