_ 238 _ obligations imposed upon him, while the means of fulfilling them had been taken from him. A good witness, too, and one above suspicion in matters concerning the affairs of Matias de Albuquerque in the government of the captaincy is the Shah. This is shown in a letter to Matias de Albuquerque himself, written a few years later, when he was now Viceroy of India. In this letter he says he regarded as a basis for the friendship he claimed with His Majesty, and for the great merit and fame of his virtues, that he had given them to this worthy Captain of Ormuz. He says, among other things: Your Magnificence, Captain of Ormuz, I am told of your fame and virtues, what good relations you have with your neighbours, how together you do my vassals many honours and favours. They greatly oblige me to desire His Majesty’s friendship, that is to say, both in time of peace or war. Among those born here and among foreigners, Captain or Viceroy, you were always the same. With your men you attained the highest point which circumstances and fortune allowed.
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