_ 133 _ (17) Document no. and reference. Episodes of the year 1531 The events of that year began with letters sent by Pedro Caroldo to King Dom João II, written in Venezia on the 24th of November 1531, stated the Turks’ readiness to build ships in Suez and Alexandria:(17) The first letter of the Consul for Portugal in Venezia: First letter of the consul of Portugal in Venezia: Very high and powerful Senhor. If I do not often write to Your Highness the news that day by day occurs in this city do not marvel, because in truth I desist not from doing all that I am bound to, and if it be now a labour of ten years that I faithfully serve here, and more so at present when I am the unworthy Consul in this city of Venezia of Your nation.
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