_ 144 _ over at Mozambique, met Duarte de Lemos with the other captains who were to keep their fleet there. He told them how he had been separated from the commander-in-chief’s ship, and the reason why he feared he was lost. For this reason, Duarte de Lemos remained longer in Mozambique, awaiting more reliable news about Jorge de Aquiar, Alvaro Barreto proceeded to India where he arrived on the 29th of October in the same year, where he found the other four captains, already in Cochin. These were João Colaco, Tristao da Silva, Alvaro Carvalho and João Rodrigues Pereira. Apart from the flagship, no other ship from this fleet was lost. Chapter: 92 King Manuel of Portugal’s letters were given to the Viceroy by some of these five captains. In it the king said that he wanted him to return to Portugal and that Afonso de Albuquerque was to succeed him in the governorship. The ship, “St John” was to bring further instructions, as to how he should proceed (this was Jorge de Aguiar’s ship, lost in the storm). The King also wrote to Lourenco de Brito, the captain of Cannanore, telling to hand over his responsibility to Afonso de Albuquerque, who would give the post to Afonso
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