_ 492 _ When the catur was about to leave, a carrack arrived from Chaul informing me that Your Lordship had left there to go to the relief of Diu, which was under siege. May it please Our Lord that it has sustained no damage and that everything is peaceful now that you have arrived. The news that the Moor brings me is such that I can believe some of it, while the rest appears satisfactory. Consequently, I do not know what I shall write to you, except that, since Our Lord saved. that fortress from the power of the King of [Cambay], He will also save this one from the power of the Turks. It seems appropriate for me and for the factor Sebastião Lopes to send a terrada laden with preserved foods and medicines to Your Lordship because, if what this Moor says is true, you must need them, and even if you do not, little is thereby lost. Thus, in any case, I shall send them to Your Lordship as quickly as possible. I shall say no more, except that I am at a loss while waiting for you to write to me. With the assurance of this news, may Our Lord increase Your Lordship's estate and life for many years. From Ormuz, on 15th December 1546. Luis Falcão
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