It was not until the fifteenth day of the month of August, of one thousand fifteen hundred and ten, that the bar of Goa was in proper state for the fleet to pass over it, and then the order was issued to the captains to weigh their anchors and set their sails; and because on this day, on account of the lateness of the hour, they could not get over, the fleet proceeded to cast anchor upon the bank of the bar, and early in the morning of the following day they passed over, and sailed straight away to Anjadiva. And o that very day, at set of the sun, they caught sight of five sailing vessels, which stood in from the sea to observe the position of the land.

Thereupon Afonso Dalboquerque dispatched Antonio da Costa, captain of the vessel named The Little King (Rey pequeno), and Duarte de Melo, of The Great King (Rey grande), to go and speak with them, and discover what ships they were; and these two ships steered off in the track of the others, in order to reconnoitre them; but as the night was by this time come, they lost sight of them; but on the following morning the ships came up with our fleet.