_ 246 _ quarters there. For that to happen, he is asking me to send the soldiers needed from among the men-at-arms who are sailing from Portugal, whom I believe will be happy to live in the fortress, and to send them straightaway, as soon as they arrive in that region. In that way, the fortress will be better supplied and the many disturbances and brawls caused by the soldiers who live in the town will be prevented. As this is a matter of the utmost importance, for the reasons he mentions, I am enjoying you to apply the remedy which you judge most appropriate to my service and to that of Our Lord. IX. He also informs me that when Reis Nur al-Din, the guazil of that Kingdom, died, he left a legitimate son of tender years, who raised great hopes. He was called Reis (Dalamixá) and was appointed to the judgeship of the customshouse of that fortress by a decree of Count Dom Luis de Ataide. At the moment, this (document) is in the hands of his brother, Reis Sharaf, to whom Fernando Teles de Meneses, governor of that State, ordered it to be given. Since Reis (Dalamixá) is a legitimate child, it appears to him to be in my interests to order Reis Sharaf, now serving as guazil, to grant him between two and three pardaus a year for his upkeep, because Reis (Bixay), Reis (Dalamixá’s) mother,
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