_ 365 _ nephew Vicente de Albuquerque, telling him to gather all the nobles and servants of the King and offer them a feast such as he himself customarily offered them. He sent ahead in the ship “Enxóbregas” Captain Simão d’Andrade to Kalhat to take aboard some horses he had ordered to be purchased for one guard of the venue collecting districts in Goa. He himself took with him Aires da Silva, whom he was leaving as naval commander of the fortress of Ormuz, two caravelles and two galleys and they went to take a look at the coast of Kalhat, which Afonso de Albuquerque insisted on reaching. When the King of Ormuz learnt of the manner of his departure, he feared that he had been embarked already dead. As he was certain of this, he sent Hassan Ali with two small craft of provisions after him to visit him and find out whether what he feared was true. Afonso de Albuquerque received intelligence of this where he was in Kalhat on a day when his illness was giving him some respite. When he saw Hassan who was a man he knew very well and realized that the King had sent Hassan as a token of his happy memories, Afonso de Albuquerque was so pleased that he appeared to be much better in health. When Hassan returned to Ormuz, he reported that Afonso de Albuquerque had made a full recovery. But after
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