_ 385 _ that Diogo Mendes had given [4]; that the chains were wasted on them. Item: Bear in mind Your Highness's 60 servants who work there, for when the posts as captains, commanders, factors and scriveners become vacant; because they should be looked after in preference to others. Item: That the officers that he appointed remain for their full term and also that he considers appropriate the salaries of seven thousand reals that he allocates to all the captains of the ships. Item: That he takes rice, butter and sugar for himself, and both his son and family, from your merchandise. Item: Through Diogo Mendes he sends 9 3/4 oz of ambergris which was discovered to be stolen from booty belonging to Your Highness. Item: He asks for caulkers, cotton waste, nails, and more carpenters; and that the ships be built; the caravel he built that costs 5,000 or 6,000 reals.(A) Item: That he is not allowing the books of the Jews to be sold to Joao Cotrin, even though he has a permit from (A) In the margin: seen.
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