_ 394 _ those parts can calculate this better. By that time, please God, Ormuz will have received information either by land or sea, about everything else and will make use of it to forestall the damage and fighting that these galleys, if they are what they are said to be, can bring to those parts. Because even if they do no more this year than join up with those of Basra, they will be a reason for much fear, continual anxiety and much discomfort to all, and either potentially or actually cause all the trouble that up to now has been predicted. Measures must be taken, and that government given another warning. For my part, I shall take care, either through the Jew, as I say, or by finding some other means of duplicating it, to make sure that the information arrives in time. I will write to Your Highness about everything else that happens. Summary of pp. 384-5 I have not done anything further about Pombeiro since I last wrote to Your Highness. The attitude of Cardinal Borromeo is unchanged. The monastery is in Portugal (sic) and this is the only reason to be confident. It is held in obedience to us, and they are seeking to put a Portuguese there in the hope that in time they will have the monastery in due course, with all its profits.
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