_ 393 _ Item: That justice is now being done on behalf of Your Highness, because he does not wish to delegate it to the King. [7v] Item: The agreement that he was aware of between King Abraham I and Mohammed Arcone, whom the Viceroy had made King, so as to deprive him of the fortress. Item: That with proclamations and a trial, he ordered a Moor to be hanged in Your Highness's name for killing a Christian, and three other Moors for certain incidents. Item: That 40 men and women were made Christians; and that the King requested him that they should not be allowed to do so because they were slaves, but that he allows them to do so through the laws of the land; and it seems to him that the waters of baptism should not be denied.(A) Item: That the Island of Pemba is well provided with supplies; on it are built all the large ships for Mombasa and Malindi and all the places adjoining it. There are only four or five hostile Moors in it. There is a great deal of sugar cane on them, numerous fig trees, indigenous fruits and many others. (A) In the margin: seen.
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