_ 577 _ as they had it in the ship, Lourenço said that he would not accept the cinnamon as a gift but as tribute, and that if a year later he sent for it, and it was not handed over, the town would be set on fire. Item: In this year the Grand Sultan’s fleet, ships and galleys, came to India and fought the Portuguese until they captured the Viceroy’s son in the port of the city of Chaul. They destroyed his boat with two men, and 16 other Portuguese were taken prisoner. Item: In the year 1508 the Viceroy made his fleet ready to avenge his son and to fight the Sultan’s fleet; he set sail for Cochin on 29 December and encountered it in the port of the city of Diu, forced an entry and fought with them. As the pagans had a great advantage thanks to other ships and artillery on land it was not possible to win the battle, but yet with God’s help they did win it, capturing four ships and two galleys and sinking or buming all the others, killing a great many pagans; and they forced Malik Eyaz, the lord of Diu to pay a yearly tribute to the King of Portugal. This occurred on 3 February 1509; the Portuguese had 18 sailing-ships in all and 1300 men at arms, and the Turks, that is to say the Sultan’s fleet, 6 large ships and 6 galleys, and the King of Calicut had 80 paraus there, as large as fishing boats,
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