_ 535 _ to the greater advantage of the redemption that we were negotiating… estimate, I am under great obligation to João de Lomelino, a person of great standing and respect, through whose agency this transaction was carried out. I sent a message, many days ago, asking for a letter for him from the consul of the Portuguese nation in the Kingdom of Sicily, but it did not arrive. Now because I consider this gentleman to be very important in Your Highness’s service in the affairs of Cairo, because of the information that he possesses relating to the whole of the Levante, and because he is a noble and wealthy landowner, it would be a great honour and favour for him to be invested with the habit of the Order of Christ. In that way, he would become your vassal and would be under your protection from the many misfortunes and eventualities that I mentioned. I bring this matter to mind, as is my want, in everything that I presume to accomplish in Your Highness’s service. From what I can see to the account, it seems that after all the expenses are settled and I cannot have notice of this until the said slaves have left that about five hundred ducats remain from the two thousand ducats that I received as credit from Lucas Giraldes, at the request of Gomes Carreiro, the treasurer for the redemption of captives.
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