_ 382 _ Item: The captaincy that he withdrew from Lucas da Fonseca and the report of the inquiry that he sent. Also, that of Joáo Homem and he requests a reward for him because he served very well; of the cannons there were, one of them being on the nau with his son during the battle for Calicut; he asks a reward for him, which he would receive as if it were for himself. Item: That four scriveners are needed for the factory at Cochin. Item: Jacome Dias, who is arriving as a prisoner because of the happenings in Kilwa; that a sailor called Afonso Galego should be consulted.(A) Item: How Bermudes was to be sent and how afterwards this was not done; he brought [3] one hundred pearls, which came as part of booty due to Your Highness from a seizure by D. Lourenco, amongst them there is one pearl of 33 carats and other spherical ones of considerable size. Item: He speaks very well of Antonio Real, without whom it would not have been possible to remedy matters. (B) (A) In the margin: seen let Rui-Goncalves be questioned. (B) In the margin: Seen, a letter of thanks to the latter, and to make use of him.
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