_ 58 _ the Governor was very fond of him on account of his accomplishments, he left him a secret directive that if the commander of the fort in Ormuz should die, Belchior was to succeed to that position. Then Nuno da Cunha took his leave of Cristovão de Mendoça and the King of Ormuz and set sail, accompanied by the carracks of Dom Fernando de Lima, Dom Francisco de Sá, Francisco de Mendoça and the ship of Jorge Gomes. They reached Muscat where they took on provisions and brought with them the other ships that were passing in winter; many of the sick who had been left there had died and with all the ships assembled, he made the return journey to India. He brought with him the body of his brother, Simão da Cunha, in order to bury him in Goa, where he built a chapel for him inside the Cathedral. This nobleman had been Lord-in-Waiting to King Dom João and honorary commander of Sampaio and Torres Vedras. He was married to Dona Isabel de Meneses, the daughter of Rui Gomes de Gra, Master of the House for Her Majesty, Queen Doña Joanna; Dona Isabel’s children were Tristão da Cunha de Gra, Rui Gomes da Cunha and Dona Antonia de Meneses, who married Diogo Lopes de Sousa, Governor of Lisbon.
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