_ 534 _ In the same year (1561) Lorenzo Perez de Tavora, the Ambassador in Rome, sent a letter to D. Sebastiao, Rome, on the 27th of October 1561, and he mentioned the ransom of the prisoners of Muscat:(65) Sir, In a letter of 7th of this month from Messina, I learned of the purchase of thirty male and two female slaves needed for the random of the Portuguese, captured in Muscat with captain João de Lisboa and held captive in Cairo, and for a Portuguese woman, the sister-in-law of the said captain. I also learned that they already had a good, sound vessel ready, that they were handed over to Antonio Pinto and were about to leave in a few days. The account of all the expenses has not yet been prepared, but I understand that everything has been done (65) Document no. and reference.
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