_ 19 _ In the same year (1571) A royal decree was issued, prohibiting the taking of goods at the Ormuz Customs House, Lisbon, on the 3rd of February 1571, and these were arrangements for the Ormuz Customs House:(6) I the King make known to whoever reads this decree that I have been informed that in the Customs House of Ormuz goods are taken from merchants who are clearing them there, and they are sold at the price at which they are valued in the said Customs House. I do not consider this to be in my interest, and in order to deal with this it is my wish that henceforward no official of the said Customs House, nor any other person of whatever standing and condition, may take for himself or for any other person any goods from the said Customs House at the price at which it is valued there, nor in any (6) Document no. and reference.
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