_ 313 _ Ataide may also arrive. He is in front of them on course for Aden with three ships on a mission of his own. It did not seem advisable with so few men and such a small fleet of foists and caturs to proceed, for Aden has already been taken by the Turks and no assistance can be given, and there are many galleys and many fighting men in the place. D Álvaro signed this here together with all the captains and fidalgos who were asked about this and gave their opinion and stated what is written above today on the said day and the foregoing period in this foist, “São João”, the flagship. D Álvaro de Castro D Paio de Noronha Jorge da Silva António Moniz Pedro Botelho André de Aguiar Pero Lopes de Sousa
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