_ 202 _ away from Goa- which happened in February, he sent Pero Queirmado and a Brahmin called Anagapatu ahead of him; so that they might ask the King of Cambay to give him and his entourage a safe-conduct. In this way, when he arrived in Surrat the safe-conduct would be ready and there wouId be no delays. After Diogo Fernandes had left, the governor dispatched his cousin Pero de Albuquerque to Cape Guardafui, where he was to look out for ships and capture them; he was also to look at Aden, and from there proceed to Ormuz, to collect the tribute which hadn't been paid for two years. In Ormuz he was to ask the king and the guazil whether they would allow him to finish building the fortress and to establish a factory there. He further instructed him to discover the island of Bahrain, which he had heard was very wealthy, and made him commander-in-chief of four ships; he himself was captain of one of them, the other captains being Rui Galvao, Antonio Raposo, and Jeronimo de Sousa. Once everything was ready, he left for Cape Guardafui Chapter: 128 When he reached it, he captured two ships from Mecca, which were on their way home from Cambay. When the Arabs heard of this, they were afraid and sought refuge in Ormuz, where they took a good 50 ships. At the beginning
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