_ 421 _ In the same year (1567) Instructions were issued to Dom Alonso de Tovar, Philip II’s Ambassador to Portugal, Madrid, on the 22nd of December 1567, regarding the relationship with Persia:(28) Dom Alonso de Tovar, His Majesty’s Ambassador to Portugal, is to endeavour to learn the following and send special report on them to His Majesty: In what month do the ships sail of the armada or fleet the Serene King of Portugal sends to the kingdom of Persia, how many of them there are, what order they keep and what command they have, now long does the voyage usually take, what stops do they make, and where, and roughly when, it is expected that they will leave Lisbon this year. Whether the Serene King of Portugal had a resident (28) Document no. and reference.
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