_ 136 _ the gates to the strait, he sent the ship from Chaul which he had brought from India ahead of the fleet; there were 20 Portuguese men in it, who were to find a "ruban", whom they needed for their voyage. This they did and the Governor reached the gates to the strait with the whole fleet two days before Low Sunday (i,e, the Sunday after Easter). The governor gave many thanks to God for making him the first governor to come to this place with his fleet, for this was a place where no Christian had been before. He ordered the whole fleet to fire gun salutes to the "gates", and afterwards the trumpets were sounded and there was much shouting and joyful celebration. Flying all its flags, the fleet then sailed past the gates with the easterly wind. Chapter: 109 As there wasn't much water, the governor wished to go without delay to Masua, where he wanted to build a fortress, both because it belonged to the Prester and because he saw that it would be more profitable to build it there than at the gates or in Camaran. After he had acquired the rubans he needed he took the ZebeIsocor route, as he meant to sail along the coast on the Arabian side, where our ships could not navigate at night, he had everyone at the
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