_ 325 _ take her to India. You will see that she first takes on water. If by any chance she has not come by then which is unlikely because I was assured this morning that she was seen rounding the Ponta do Moro; you will depart, and for twenty leagues from here you will not sail except by day. If you find her, you will do as said above, since six leagues from here there is a very good watering-place. Along this coast, as you are carrying the Ambassador you will not be anywhere where you will not meet her. Item: When you have done this you will make for Ras-Arar, where a servant of the Ambassador will come out with a message from the Portuguese to go to the mosque of Robaa [?Robaes] to pick them up. You will go to this town at night and sail in slowly so that you can find them, and when you find them you will take them aboard and turn back towards Batida on your way to India. I remind you that it will be a very good thing for you to reach Goa with these soldiers quickly. Item: If there is any problem about meeting these men, you will not let the Ambassador go but treat him in such a way that he understands that he is being detained but that he does not mind your doing this or mention it to you. If the action is a total failure, you are to free him and let
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