The Portuguese in the Sea of Oman

_ 348 _ provide in accordance with the situation of each of them, so that his divine majesty be glorified for ever.(A) This 24th day of October 1555 in Ormuz. We commend ourselves to the sacrifices and blessing of your reverence. I remain your obedient son. Antonio de Heredia (A) Polanco narrates more matters concerning Paul the Ormuzian, who helped Father Heredia in 1555: 'when Father Antonio was addressing a meeting in Portuguese against the errors of the Moors and Paul made the same speech in the Persian language, arguing against the Moors, of whom there were almost 2000 in the audience, plus some Portuguese, the commander of the citadel of Ormuz stopped them from proceeding further for he said that he was afraid a war might be provoked, but Paul himself preferred to ascribe this to the gifts with which he suspected the prefect had been showered.

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