_ 232 _ right that we should never give up the letters, as we served the King of Portugal, and so we did not do so. After the Guazil left with Manuel de Macedo for India I went with them and on my departure Amir Mahmoud Shah asked me for the letters in order to guard them until we found some loyal man among your servants who said he would carry them to Portugal. I gave the letters to him into his hand, and he left me. Afterwards, whilst in Cochin, I related this matter to Antonio, for in order to serve the King of Portugal I did not allow the matter of the letters to pass. After I told Antonio this, he came to Ormuz and asked Amir Mahmoud Shah for the letters, telling him that he was going to Portugal, and that it would be a pleasure to serve in carrying them. When Amir Mahmoud Shah saw Antonio, he swore on the head of the King of Portugal and the Gospels that he would not tell anyone about the letters, nor show them to anyone, but only give them into the hand of the King of Portugal. In this way they took the letters and delivered them. Thus, we handed over the sealed letters, and this I write is the truth.
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