_ 80 _ blameworthy in everyone not to write to Your Highness on his behalf, because in the service of God, the good of the Republic and in what appertains to this fortress and the lordship of this land, I do not feel that up to the present anyone else could have better served, and from what it appears, after being in these parts, it pleased Our Lord in the storm of last year to deprive him of something of his, and likewise some loan which had been made him, and which he received from the hands of God returning him many thanks without neglecting the service of Your Highness, but rather better now than ever does he perform it, and whereas I hope to do this in September, with the help of God, I say no more, but that the life of Your Highness may be prolonged for many years. From Ormuz on the twenty fifth day of the month of May five hundred and sixty four-Rex Nordim. On the superscription - To the king our lord. From Reis Nordim.
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