_ 321 _ In the same year (1548) Local orders were issued to Antonio de Aguiar, Canacani Islands, (Aden), on the 23rd of March 1548, to take them on his way to Aden:(77) Item: You came from Goa with the caravel loaded with drugs to supply the soldiers who were to remain in Aden and also those of my fleet, and since I find that the Turks have captured Aden, according to what D.Paio, who was there, tells me, I consider it to be in the service of our lord the King that you go to Ormuz to sell these goods of His Highness and to take fifty men to the fortress there. Item: As soon as you leave here you will make for Qishn, where you will anchor in an inlet sheltered from the easterly winds, and remain there until 15 April, which (77) Document no. and reference.
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