_ 15 _ Others said that they could subjugate Bahrain and take Diu as well and Nuno da Cunha was of this view. This was agreed and also that Simao da Cunha should go to Bahrain, Nuno da Cunha gave him instructions that as it was outside the monsoon and the winds would be contrary, he should toil against them up to thirty days and if in this time he had not been able to drop anchor, he should turn back. With this instruction Simao da Cunha set off at the beginning of September in a square-rigged ship belonging to one Jorge Gomez a merchant in Portuguese India whom he knew. One of his captains was Don Francisco de Sa, sailing in the ship in which Manuel de Macedo had come from Portugal, but he did not reach Bahrain on account of a ruined sail. Others were Manuel de Albuquerque, Don Fernando de Sa in his galleon, Aleixo de Souza in another, Lopo de Mezquita in the "Samorin Pequeno" and Tristao d' Ataide in a fusta. There were three hundred of our men sailing in these ships, all nobles and gentlemen all loyal servants of the king, and all of good stock. They were well equipped with silken cuirasses and knightly armour. As they pursued their voyage, they found contrary winds and had great Iabour. However, Our Lord eventually brought them a wind which took all of them to Bahrain, except for Francisco de Sa who fell behind and Aleixo de
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