_ 17 _ In my humble judgement in regard to Baçorá, two determinations should be taken, the one, to order it to be taken at once, for it can be taken according to what Dom Amtão says as well as those that came with him, for I questioned them, and also those two young men who cast themselves with him and warned him of the treachery that the Vigiers wished to work, but which I take no account of so as to treat of the affair of Baçorá, because as soon as they shall see power coming that can take it, they will at once side against the Turks like men who perforce are obliged to keep friends with yet very much against their will. The other reason is, that in the event of Your Highness not deeming it well to order it to be taken, that you should accept and agree to peace, should he demand it, so long as they shall not be allowed to take anything else of the coast of Arabia, nor have war made to us, and that trade in merchandize should continue as it used to formerly, and that they do not venture out of the Strait in vessels nor in any warlike guise whatever, and that there be business established because when by the advantages they should thus receive, and perceive how without war and trouble they can have the merchandize of India, and what other things there come over here thence.
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