The Portuguese in the Sea of Oman

_ 296 _ month each, which are worth forty-three thousand two hundred reals. …………………………………………………………………..43,200 reals Item: And the dozen foot soldiers have an extra fifteen mãos of rice each a month, as well as the said money, amounting to approximately ninety xerafins a year, which are worth twenty-seven thousand reals. …….…………………………………………………………. 27,000 reals Item: To three Malabari carpenters, who work regularly on the repair of the caturs and the fabric of the fortress, sixty-two(A) xerafins a year, at the rate of two xerafins a month each, and thirty mãos extra rice a month, the said rice possibly coming to about sixty-five xerafins a year, all together being worth one hundred and thirty-seven xerafins, which are worth forty-one thousand one hundred reals. ………………………………………………………..……………41,100 reals Fol. 84 Item: To ten sailors who work regularly on the waterfront and in the fortress, including their foreman and the ropemaker, who earn double(B), a hundred and forty (A) Or rather seventy-two. (B) The foreman and the ropemaker each earning two xerafins a month.

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