_ 388 _ Item: That Joáo Serráo took the pearls he was sending with the galley. Item: That Pedro da Fonseca is a good officer; how Duarte Pereira was made factor in Anjediva against his will by Diogo da Fonseca; and he gave him 20 reals as his salary.(A) [5v] Item: Let the naus that leave and return with merchandise store the bread beneath the castle on the return voyage; and let it not be located below deck; this does great harm to the pepper cargo and if it is transferred to the upper deck, it is damaged. Item: That if there were more troops for the galleys, they would wage a great deal more war than all the naus. Ask for arms, because they say that those from here are useless. Item: That he wants to put a factor in Anou (?) because they tell him that he will obtain 3,000 quintals of pepper and 2,000 of lacquer from there, because they are in great abundance; that because of all the hardships they suffered by just being allowed to wage war on the Moors of Goga (sic), they are true servants; and there are fine ships of the (A) In the margin: seen.
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