_ 117 _ number which the Captain sent over, and which he took under his care, and whom he favoured with his own means. By which work he manifested rather to be of a Christian than of a Moorish lineage, and more loyalty to the King our Lord than the Portuguese who delivered up the Castle of Mascate to the Turks without there being a reason for so doing, nor because in its defence the greater number has been killed or wounded, for the dead were not more than three and the living are guilty of treachery to God and to His Highness by surrendering, and also to Your Worship; as it appears, and we have received news. Peribeque is going to Baçora and will reconoitre all the places and ports of this Strait, because thus is it done by such robbers and corsairs as he, much more so, as he will meet with no rebuff or resistance whatever. Would that it pleased our Lord to come and take an account of all these things by affording a victory over him. May our Lord increase the life and Estate of Your Worship whose illustrious hands I kiss. Written in Ormuz on the last day of October 1552. Bastião Lopes Lobato
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