_ 73 _ He didn’t believe it, but at this time Pero Cao arrived in his ship, and told him that after he had left Cannanore the Viceroy had been informed about the Roumeliotes. At first, he made so much fun of this idea that whenever someone told him about it he answered; “Look! Look! the Roumeliotes are coming!” But later Lourenco de Brito sent him a message from Cannanore, saying that he had learnt the same news from Timoja, who had written to him. This time the Viceroy believed it and immediately went to Cannanore aboard the ship “Santo Espirito”. There he summoned the council to decide whether he should join Dom Lourenco in order to face the Roumeliotes. But, he had been advised not to, because it was said that the fleet in Chaul was sufficient to meet the Roumeliotes in case they came looking for us. Thus, the Viceroy had sent Pero Cao to inform him and had told him to stay with Dom Lourenco. He urged him to be very careful if he had to fight a battle and to follow the advice of Pero Barreto in everything, because he was sure he would always give the right advice. However, some people were unhappy that the Viceroy had not gone to help his son, and they foresaw what later happened for if the Viceroy had joined him the Roumeliotes would have been completely defeated. When Dom Louren-
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