_ 519 _ sixty thousand quintals of pepper and large quantities of all kinds of drugs, and this without any capital other than having revenues from India to pay all the soldiers their quarters. If Your Highness wishes, I can show you this in detail. I also think that Your Highness must send men to the mines at Sofala because it is certain that gold is to be found there and what is uncertain is the ability to possess it. It is now of great importance, from which can come much good to India and to Portugal, which seems a reason for doing everything possible in this matter. I also think that there should be a governor in Mozambique, then Your Highness will have more to give to men who will not receive a captaincy but who will accept this governorship, and with this tittle and power Your Highness will be better served, for everything possible should be done to relieve the Governor of India. May God increase Your Highness’s life and royal estate for many years. Written in the Serra of Sintra on 28th August 1561.
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