The Portuguese in the Sea of Oman

_ 206 _ (28) Document no. and reference. In the same year (1545) Luis Falcao sent a letter to the Governor of India from Ormuz, on the 2nd of December 1545, warning that the Turks would reach Ormuz in a few months:(28) Sir, From Luís Falcão. After I had written to Your Lordship the [...] arrived from Basra. They are residents, merchants and friendly towards us, who travel to this city with horses. They tell me the news that they are certain that the Turks are ready to come with the next monsoon in May to Ormuz, which is at peace, [fasendo os godos prestes] this news. I had [written about] this to Martim Afonso de Sousa, but I do not know if the letters about this were given to Your Lordship. [It will be what will be more yet, if

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