_ 386 _ Your Highness for that purpose, because he considers it a disservice to God, that he will pay for them if Your Highness thinks it wrong to delay them. [4v] Item: That hemp fibre is found there, from which string is fashioned for crossbows; and that he hopes-there will be a lot of it. Item: May Your Highness confer the post of Gaspar Pereira on those suited to it; because it concerns all Your Highness's property. Item: The people of Sofala to whom he sent Nuno Vaz es captain and Duarte de Melo as captain of the caravel "Espera" And Antonio Rapo and Sancho Sanchez as scriveners. Fernao de Magalhaes, Luis Mendes de Vasconcelos and Pero da Fonseca to sail as the captain of the Kilwa brigantine: Francisco da Nhaia to collect the property of his father and to return. 6 moios of rice. 10 quintals of sugar. 1 quintal of crystalized sugar. 35 quintals of pepper. 4 quintals of cinnamon. 2 quintals of cloves.
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