_ 201 _ He then also made all the necessary arrangements for the fortress at Cannanore and proceeded to Goa. Upon his arrival there he thought it would be good to send an ambassador to the King of Cambay, because Meligucim had written to him, telling him that the King of Cambay wished to give him a fortress and a factory at Diu. A council meeting took place, and the man appointed to settle this question and serve as our ambassador was Diogo Fernandes de Beja; Jaime Teixeira was to be his under-ambassador, a man called Francisco Pais his scrivener, and Duarte Vaz his interpreter. The governor ordered some other knights to accompany Diogo Fernandes and provided for all the trappings needed for the ambassy; Diogo Fernandes and the others were to sail in the Roumeliote ship, followed by the ship "Enxobregas" up to Chaul where Diogo Fernandes was to send it on to Diu; It was to convey a cargo of merchandise to Fernao Martins Evangelho, who was the factor of Diu. From Chaul Diogo Fernandes was to proceed to a town called Surrat in the gulf of Cambay, where he was to disembark and find someone who would show him the way to the interior where the King of Cambay live. All this had been so disposed by Meligupim, who was the ruler of Surrat. But before Diogo Fernandes sailed
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