_ 88 _ that he might know what was happening with Dom Aleixo he sent Pero Vaz Devora, captain of the caravelle, with a message to the King of Portugal, in which he related what had happened in the Strait, the reasons for not going to Jidda, nor to Macao; and for not building a fortress in the entrance to the Strait. This the King of Portugal did not receive very well. From Calagate he went to Ormuz, leaving there the whole fleet. He found in Ormuz everything very well established by Afonso de Albuquerque, and he did not have to do more than meet the King of Ormuz and exchange gifts with him, and they became great friends.
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