_ 235 _ some of the fustas of the armada. He fought one whole day with the Turks sailing in the galleon. After a very fierce battle he defeated them, our men killing most of them and from those who survived he learnt that Soleiman was coming. He sent them to the governor Nuno da Cunha who on hearing this news began to make preparations to send help to Diu, where he thought this armada would go directly. Soleiman continued his voyage to the coast of India and fifteen days after leaving Aden he came upon the port of Mangalore where Khwaja Safar seemed to have been advised of his coming and was waiting. He went to speak to him at sea, praising him greatly for going there and for his powerful armada. He counselled him to go to Diu because whoever wanted to be master of India had great need of possessing that city to achieve this most easily. This was because it had a strong natural position, a good port and place to lay up the ships. It was on the windward side of India. He could take it without great effort because the Portuguese in the fortress there being inclined towards them because of common background, he thought that they would avenge him against the Portuguese by taking the fortress from them (…) destroying it completely and all the Portuguese there and in all India. He therefore much
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