_ 87 _ he should do about the peace he had made with Afonso de Albuquerque. Your Viceroy replied that he thought he had been very wise and as he was asking for his advice, he recommended that he become a vassal of Your Majesty as this would enhance and not diminish his prestige. After the Egyptians had been destroyed at Diu and the news had reached the Sultan of Cairo, he was so distressed that he shut himself up for many days but immediately wrote to the Turkish Sultan asking that a good captain, an excellent man at sea, be sent to him as he intended to gather a fleet to send to India in the following year. The Turk replied that he could not send him the man he wanted because he had sent him elsewhere, but should he want other Captains, he would send them. One of the Sultan's men called Abdul Nuce, learning of this reply, offered to act as Captain-in-Chief of the Fleet. The Sultan thanked him and told him to choose from his Court as many men as he wished but Abdul Nuce replied he would take only men who wanted to go with him, whereupon 4,000 were given to him. Item: The Sultan also wrote to the King of Calicut asking him not to make peace with Your Majesty and promised that he would gather a fleet of more than fifty vessels to drive Your Majesty's people out of India.
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