_ 58 _ captain to him, calling him a rude name, and that he would raise the siege. The viceroy and those who are going will give Your Highness a detailed account of this. From that Realm once came much merchandize as well as money in plenty, such as coral, vermillion, quicksilver, pewter and many other articles, none of which come now, and the money in such small quantity that it is not even enough to use for coin, and the amount of money that comes is never enough for the load. As it is, this land can hardly subsist and it fleets rely only on the revenue of Goa that comes to light only because the viceroy and the comptroller of the Treasury are present there, and Your Highness must, therefore, look to it if you want it to subsist by sending a large amount of money and dispensing justice, so that the captains cannot do whatever they want with Your Highness's property. In truth, when I began this letter, it was not my intent to be anything but as brief as possible and to tell Your Highness, in short, to find a way to remedy this land, but then so many things came into my mind that Your Highness must pardon me if I have become lengthy writing of so many things that were more rightly said by word of mouth than written in letters, but I see the interests of your service twindling to such an extent that I could not
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