The Portuguese in the Sea of Oman

_ 395 _ He hopes that very little merchandise has been lost. And if some naus were to go there, the anchors and the heavy cannon would be recovered. Item: an inquiry he ordered to be set up, at the request of the pilot, as to how Francisco da Nhaia lost his way; how when he arrested him and listed his property, 1,410 meticals of gold was found. [8v] Item: How he sentenced him to pay for the ship with all that he brought in it belonging to Your Highness; the gold was forfeit because it was carried without authorization. Item: He deported the scrivener Rui Lopes to Alcacer for 12 years, for a false oath made under duress, but which he did not utter.(A) Item: That he handed them over to Sidi Barbudo to take them to India. Item: A sambuco with 50 sacks of corn and one Moor who was ransomed for 200 meticals; and among the small items, 108 meticals of silver. Item: Another sambuco with 487 meticals of gold and 92 quintals, 2 arrobas, 31 arratels of ivory being 570 tusks. (A) In the margin: seen by Rui Goncalves.

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