_ 27 _ (5) Document no. and reference. In the same year (1542) On the 10th of August 1542, Joao de Sepulveda wrote a letter to the King, stating that he was heading to the coast of Malindi, and that he would arrange matters because the Turks would come with a huge fleet to seize that coast:(5) Senhor. Last year I wrote to Your Highness that I was going to the coast of Melynde to fulfil your service as the Rumes had effected great damage with their foists that had come there, and also in affirming strongly that in that year a large fleet would be coming to take these fortresses and punish all our friends. My going, Senhor, was forced, because had I not done so, all that said coast would have risen for them, and the Moors are afraid that the Captain should give Çofala up to
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