_ 156 _ the Viceroy ill. He told him he would be on his side and would help him to request the Viceroy to hand over the governorship. However, Afonso de Albuquerque said he didn’t need any help. After Afonso de Albuquerque left for Cochin, the captains who were to return to Portugal left; but Fernao Soares and Rui da Cunha were lost, and were never seen again, whilst the others arrived in Portugal in 1509, They all got through, apart from Tristao da Silva, who had to spend the winter in Mozambique. Chapter: 95 After the ships had left for Portugal, the Viceroy left for Diu, on Monday the 12th of December 1508, taking 18 vessels with him, including 5 large ships, whose captains were João da Nova (captain of the flagship), Jorge de Melo Pereira, Nuno Vaz Pereira, Francisco de Tavora and Pero Barreto de Magalhaes. There were also four topsail ships, whose captains were Garcia de Sousa, Manuel Teles Barreto, Antonio de Noronha and Martin Coelho; as well as four caravelles whose captains were Antonio do Campo, “Comendador” Rut Soares (commander of military order), Felipe Rodrigues, and Pero Cao; two latine caravelles, commanded by Alvaro Pessanha
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