_ 142 _ Some seamen, men of intelligence say the same thing, that they heard in Alexandria that the Portuguese were doing great things in the Red Sea, and in regard to Mecca, and that they had captured ships and vessels of the Moors along that sea, but they were unable to tell me whether the city, Dyoo had been taken. Item: During this last October there came on here to Venezia a Moor of Mecca proper, who said, by his own lips, that the King of Aden affords a great assistance, and favours the Portuguese, in all things necessary for proceeding against the Turks. Superscription - For the King our Lord.
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