_ 10 _ of your Chief Captains should be allowed to die or be taken into captivity: that their property should be confiscated and either used for the riverside works or given to those who betray them: that the vessel in which they are found, or on which it can be proved that they travelled, should be seized if they have not departed by a given date. This would prevent any more coming and those who are here would return to Turkey as they would not be able to trade with the Portuguese nor sail the seas. (if they were to have the freedom of the seas, they would already be in Upper Cochin, or in other lands of the infidel, and carrying their goods by sea). If such a law were enacted, the arrival of new Christian from Turkey would be less prejudicial as there would be no Jews here to mingle with and therefore less danger. No prohibition should be applied to the black Jews of Malabar, as they are natives of that land and, not being seafarers, they do less harm. Neither are they on familiar terms with us and because of their ignorance, they are less likely to corrupt those with whom they have contact. Apart from this we have lost all hope of converting them as long as the white Jews live amongst them, causing great harm by encouraging them to persist in the error of their ways.
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