_ 50 _ and renowned for his great deeds arrived with presents for the King of Goa but finding our Captain-in-Chief, our representative, master of the whole of the Kingdom of Goa, praise be to God, he presented the presents to him instead. Our Captain-in-Chief forwarded these presents to us which consisted of coverings for horses, very precious cloth richly embroidered in gold and silk, fine silk of the kind used in those lands, lots of fine bonnets and other things and a tall red hood of the kind that all these warriors of Sheikh Ismael wear so that they recognize each other in battle. He offered our Captain-in-Chief friendship from his Lord and King and in turn our Captain-in-Chief sent the Sheikh one of our men so we could more easily learn about his Lord and his customs. Our Captain-in-Chief wrote and told us that Sheikh Ismael besieged the city of Aleppo, which he says is a great city and he told us he was also engaging in constant battle with the Turks. We thought it right to write about these things as we have previously done, so you could inform the King [of Spain] on our part, reverend and much-loved Father. We hope we will be writing to him very soon with news from the Red Sea. Written in Lisbon on 12 July 1511 by the Secretary. The
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