_ 51 _ letter, and that the courier should leave and return in time to bring the despatches written from the Pardo [Palace] by the last day of February 1572. It does not seem to me that a letter for the King is necessary as he will believe you without it, although you can report to him what the Venetian ambassador said to me and the answer he has been given. you will give the Queen an account of everything that is being discussed here. The King’s ambassador here also told me what he was sending to the Sophy and what his complaints were. You can tell him what I say. I think that the letters from the Pope cannot arrive in time, and so they should not be waited for if they have not come, but those from me should go without fail as quickly as possible. You will tell me at one how the King writes, in what language, and the rest you think is important so that my letters can be sent to the Sophy in good time. The King Portugal negotiations with Persia on eastern matters To Don Juan de Borja.
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