_ 63 _ Chapter: XI After passing the islands the governor continued his journey, sometimes with the dawn sunshine, sometimes with the evening sun, and so he arrived within twenty leaques of Jidda. Here there appeared a gelva.(A) which as soon as it saw our fleet went straight towards it. The men on board said they were eighteen Christians and refugees from Jidda. When brought before the governor they said they were caulkers and carpenters and had brought seven Turks with them. They had been working on Salman Rex's gallies that had beached at Jedda. They then related to the governor what had happened to Mirocem and Salman Rex. After leaving Aden, and before passing through the Strait, they had struck a storm in which Salman Rex's galley lost contact with the fleet and went to Zeila. Mirocem went to Kamaran, and from there he proceeded to Jidda without waiting for Salman Rex. At Jidda he beached the gallies, two ships and the galleon were unable to take to sea for lack of fresh water. Then Mirocem heard how the Turk had defeated the Sultan and taken all his lands. (This refers to the Ottoman defeat of the Egyptian Mameluke kingdom in1517). When (A) A small Arab boat.
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