_ 22 _ afterwards. Most of those who went to Bahrain died and few escaped. Furthermore, with this disaster Nuno da Cunha would not be able to leave for India in August in order to reach their by September, in time to make ready the fleet to go to Diu that year, so he did not do so. However, when he saw that he had nothing more to do in Ormuz he decided to leave for India and collected the tribute from the King of Ormuz, freed Manuel de Macedo putting Rais Sharif under his charge so that he could be taken to Portugal as the king had ordered. Having everything ready he took the route to India. Sailing with him were Don Fernando de Lima, Don Francisco de Sa, Francisco de Mendonca, Manuel de Macedo and all the other captains of the naos and Jorge Gomez in his ship.
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