_ 283 _ factors which should be sent there were to administer and trade and the premises are in the street know a s Factory Street, adjoining the north side houses where Francisco Pires, the cobbler and trumpeter, lodges. On the south side they adjoin houses which now belong to Antonio Dias the butcher. Item: And so, the said gentleman also owns other houses that I bought in this year 1550 for the sick, who are treated in the hospital at His Highness’s expense. Because there were no houses for the sick in this fortress and city, they were lodged in some tiny, run-down, rented accommodation. Consequently, many died in want. At the request of the superintendent and the brothers of charity who administer the hospital, and the physicians, I bought the houses of Jorge Fernandes for one thousand and fifty xerafins. These houses adjoin on the north side the Orraca wine shops of the King of Ormuz, and the sick have two rooms above the said Orraca wine shops, because the said King gave the top floors of those same two houses to the aforementioned Jorge Fernandes. On the south side these houses adjoin the houses of Cristovão Tovares, with the sea to the east, and Public Street to the west. Item: The aforementioned gentleman also has other
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