_ 100 _ In the same year (1518) Joao de Lima sent a letter to the King on the 22nd of December 1518:(14) Senhor, After having written to Your Highness by the Caravellão the news of this land, there came others to the effect that in Dio there have entered seven galleons, and that fourteen more made for these ports of Cambaya; this news came by letter to the Captain-in-Chief who offered it to me; and likewise is it said in Danda. There has been made a large galleon and some foists, which fleet is to be joined in Dio to be incorporated with the Rumes; of the Rumes there has come news that they had gone from Juda to Toro to be repaired, and rehabilitate themselves with necessaries, and also to get men because (14) Document no. and reference.
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