_ 374 _ Marquis of Vila Real, Dom Pedro de Menezes. King João the Third, our Lord, made Dom António Count of Linhares. Chapter VII Of some of the activities of Afonso de Albuquerque in Ormuz of the revenue and condition of that kingdom and of the King's personal expenditure and that of his household. Once Fernão Gomes de Lemos had been sent with this mission to Sheikh Ishmael. Afonso de Albuquerque busied himself with the government of the barritory and with completing the fortress. He appointed Pero d' Albuquerque, son of Jorge d' Albuquerque its Captain, Vasco Fernandes, son of Jorge de Mello as Alcaide Mor, and Manuel d' Acosta de Alcacere do Sal as Administrator. The King owed a great sum of money from past years of the fifteen thousand xerafins tribute imposed on him by Afonso de Albuquerque he had not paid more than ten, alleging that the Viceroy Dom Francisco d' Almeida had taken from him the other five thousand. He showed the provision made at the time Afonso de Albuquerque had been in Cannanore, Ambassador Nicolao Ferreira had come about the matter. It was very difficult for him to pay this debt and thus give up all the artillery he possessed. Afonso de Albuquer-
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