_ 446 _ In the same year (1560) Lorenzo Perez de Tavora, the Ambassador in Rome, sent a letter to D. Sebastiao, Rome, on the 6th of December 1560, and the ambassador favored concluding a peace treaty with Turkey:(51) My Lord, From a letter written to Your Highness by Cardinal Montepulchano, in which he discourses on matters concerning India, Your Highness will know his views on these matters. He wishes to demonstrate his assiduity in Your Highness's service. He has learnt from a Genoese friend of his, Jeronimo Marin by name, a wealthy merchant who has lived in Venice for many years, and from talk that circulates in that region, intelligence about the Turk's trade, the quantity of spices that comes to Cairo every year by way of the Red (51) Document no. and reference.
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