_ 90 _ this paper, signed by the Captain-in-Chief, that he will do as he says; it all rests with you. The notary was also there to write his letter to the Captain-in-Chief, if he were to write it, and João Estão had the notes the Captain-in-Chief had given him of how he was to draw up the letters. Khwaja Attar told him that everything would be done as the Captain-in-Chief wished, which was all very reasonable, then Francisco de Tavora took his leave and returned. The King and his men were very pleased to see how little the Captain-in-Chief was asking, because the cost of bringing a fleet there would be much greater than that, and after much discussion they decided that everything should be agreed and the letters written before anything else happened. The King’s letter was written on a sheet of gold paper, rolled like parchment, with letters inscribed in the Persian tongue, which is that spoken in the country, and the King signed it, and the Regents and four of the principal men of the kingdom; and the Captain-in-Chief ‘s letter was written on white Persian paper, thick and very while, in letters of gold, one in Portuguese and another in Persian. All this was done by noon the next day, when João Estão returned
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