_ 9 _ Episodes of the year 1516 In that year, the events began with a letter from D. Gothery to the King, on the 4th of January 1516, in which he spoke about Aden, Kamran and Zabid, and about the arrangement of a treaty with the Emir of Aden:(1) Senhor, After writing to Your Highness there came to me a messenger from Melyquias of Diu, with two foists in his company, with which he had sent to see me and bring the news he had of the Rumes, a thing he had not done all this time, and whereas it seemed to me to be more trust worthy and certain, they were well received of me and well housed and welcomed, and after tendering my gratitude for the visit and thought of sending them to me. I said to him that we were very certain in India that they would not come on to here and that their approach (1) Document no. and reference.
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