_ 163 _ send in nor bring out goods. This order is being carried out but one cannot stop the Moors who want to go there from Feisel, Baren and Catifa. They can go to Baçora from those places at times when our armada is not around. Word reached here that a force was en route from Baçora to take Catifa so the captain sent four ships, two fustas and 2 caturs to D. Francisco de Almeida. And now it is known that 200 Turks have arrived in six fustas and that they have said that 500 men are also coming overland on horseback. However, the local people do not believe this and wait daily for news from Francisco about what has happened. And that is all I have to report except to add that I am applying myself diligently to the exercise of my duties, a fact that may be confirmed by anyone coming from Ormuz. I have served and continue to serve Your.
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