_ 61 _ (9) Document no. and reference. Episodes of the year 1512 The monk Amaral, the leader of the Vera Cruz, sent a letter on 29th of March 1512, to the King who had news of what the Turkish Sultan was doing:(9) Most Serene and Very Powerful Senhor. Albeit that this goes by chance I will not desist from writing down all that, in my judgement, concerns so greatly your service. Senhor, Your Highness should know that for the last two years and more especially after Alvaro Vaz had been Soria, the Soldam has set his whole mind to endeavour to wreck the things of Your Highness in the Indies, and with this intent he has all the ships he can made in Sues which is a cape of the Red Sea, towards Cairo, a two days journey from the said city and despite the great hindrance caused him by the capture of the vessels we took of his in
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