_ 485 _ For these reasons and from information I have received, and for the protection and defence of that fortress, I consider it in the King’s interest that there should be a further hundred men, so that there will be four hundred in all assigned to that fortress, and they will be paid according to the standing orders although it is stated there that there should be only three hundred. I hereby give notice to the captain, chief treasury officer and factor of Ormuz, and other officials concerned, and I order them to observe and comply with it and to ensure that it is fully observed and complied with, without hesitation or demur. It will be entered in the records of that factory, where the said standing orders are recorded, appended to them so that it is known that I have ordered it, which will be noted in the margin. This will be valid as a Letter issued in His Highness’s name and sealed with his seal attached, notwithstanding the ordinance of Book 2 section 20 which says that matters whose effect is to last more than one year are to be issued as a Letter and are not valid when issued as writs. In the record of the said standing orders which is held by António Gis, and the clerk of the royal treasury there, will write a statement that I ordered this, and assigned the said hundred men to that factory.
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