_ 59 _ he should take refuge in the city. Then later he would and relieve him, which he could not do at present, even if the Arabs took whatever they wanted, even if they took the city. On leaving Goa in this way the governor set off for the Strait at the beginning of February 1517, with an armada of thirty-six vessels. These comprised fifteen great ships, including his own, which were captained by Aleixo de Meneses, Dom João da Silveira, Dom Alvaro da Silveira, Dom Diogo da Silveira, Alvero Barreto, Antao Noqueira, Antonio Raposo, Jorge de Brito, Aires da Silva, Dom Garcia Coutinho, Afonso Lopez da Costa, Francisco de Tavora, Gaspar da Silva, Duarte de Melo and Gonsalo da Silveira. There were ten caravelles captained by Pero Ferreira, Antonio Ferreira Sogaca, João Gomez Cheira Dinheiro, Tristao de Ga, Lopo de Vilhalobos; Garcia da Costa, Pero Lopez de San Payo, Francisco de Ga, and Ferna de Rosende, the painter. Finally there were eight gallies captained by Lopo de Brito, Cristovao de Sousa, João de Melo, Dom Alvaro de Castro, Dinis Fernandes de Mela, Dom Afonso de Meneses, Antonio da Zevedo and Antonia de Mirande da Zevedo. In addition, there was a large caravelle and a brig.
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