The Portuguese in the Sea of Oman

_ 457 _ C. 27 Item: The factor of that fortress will have eight men under him for the business of the factory. The clerks of the factory will each have a man whose salary and maintenance will be paid, which they will receive in the fortress at the quarters of the year they become due. C. 28 Item: The crown judge of that fortress has four Portuguese men and the shabandar has another four Portuguese men, to escort and accompany them when they go about their duties. Their wages and maintenance will also be paid, which they will receive quarterly in the fortress as they become due. C. 29 Item: There will be fifteen bombardiers permanently stationed in the fortress whose wages and maintenance will be paid quarterly as they become due. C. 30 There will be three hundred men in the fortress, winter and summer. Item: I laid down in the previous standing orders that there should be six hundred men-at-arms in the fortress during the winter to guard and defend it, and four hundred

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