[1] However, plague broke out in the ships mid-voyage and after the fleet met ill weather while rounding the Cape of Good Hope it was scattered, while some sank.

[1] The governor anchored in the harbour of Mombasa, where he intended to seek shelter for several months, hence he requested its sultan for lodgings and authorization to land his men, which, however were refused.

[2] The following day 200 Portuguese captured the fortifications in the harbour, but upon returning to the city suffered an ambushed and lost 25 men.

[1] Since minor skirmishes between the Portuguese and the Mombasans persisted, Nuno da Cunha delivered the sultan of Mombasa an ultimatum, after which he agreed to become a tributary vassal of Portugal and ransom his city.

[2] The weather however, proved fatal for the Portuguese, and seeing that the sultan stalled the payment of the tribute, Mombasa was sacked and torched.