_ 565 _ Vicente”(St Vincent), Bastiao de Sousa in the “Sao Jorge” (St George). Francisco de Sousa Mancias in the “Sao Boaventura”, Rui Freire in the “Garca”, Gomes Freire in the “Bretao”, Jorge da Cunha in the “Madanela”, Francisco Carvinel in the “Santiago”, Rodrigo Rebelo, in the “Bastiaina Velha”,- Francisco Marecos in another ship also called “Bretao” (this one spent the winter in Mozambique), Lionel Coutinho in the “Frol da Rosa”, Bras Teixeira in the “Ferros”, Luis Coutinho in his ship, and Jorge Lopes Bixordo in the “Santa Cruz”. All of these captains left Lisbon and, with the exception of Francisco Marecos, who as I said spent the winter in Mozambique, they arrived in Cannanore in October nothing worth telling happened during their voyage. After the fleet had arrived, Afonso de Albuquerque went to see the marshal in his ship, and there told him how he had been provoked both in Cochin and Cannanore. He also told him how Lourenço de Brito had left for Cochin and handed the fortress over to the alcalde. When the marshal learnt of this, he thought it best to go ashore, although he had not at first meant to do so; there he was informed in detail of all that Afonso de Albuquerque had told him about.
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