_ 141 _ When the westerly winds returned the governor set sail, much against the wishes of everyone at the fleet, because he thought he would be able to reach Judda. There was a great outcry against him among the common soldiers, who said that he was leading them to their death: the governor heard them well, but he pretended not to notice anything, When he was no more than four days away from Iudda the westerly winds began to blow again, and as they persisted he remained where he was, until his water supplies ran out. As a result he went back to Camaran to get some more, returning to the place where he had first dropped anchor, because the rubans told him that as soon as a star which they called Taria appeared from the south the easterly winds would return for two or three days at which point they could sail for the Prester's lands, which would take two days and one night. This is what he wished to do because he wanted to build a fortress at Masua, on account of his friendship with the Prester, who was a Christian; a powerful man and an enemy of the Arabs for which reason he would help him, both by giving him men and provisions. While they waited for the star which I referred to there appeared in the sky a very clear and shining sign in the shape of a cross; a cloud then approached it, and
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