_ 383 _ On certain minor expenses five leques. Twenty-five to pay lacemakers. What remained after subtracting these expenses was put into the King’s treasury. And if it were not for a few concessions which were formerly made to his neighbours, this kingdom would have had double this revenue, for the King of Persia at, this time was Sheikh Ishmael. He, together with his wife, children and Ambassadors, whatever they put into and took out of Ormuz, paid no rights whatsoever. This was also the case of the Kings of Lerack, Shiraz and Makren, and of the Sheikhs of Basra, of Gwaldel and of Raxel and of ourselves, the Portuguese, after we established the fortress there. Chapter: VIII How Afonso de Albuquerque sent Dom Garcia de Noronha to bring a cargo of spices to this Kingdom; and how, after Dom Garcia de Noronha had left Ormuz, Afonso de Albuquerque fell ill, which made it advisable for him to leave for India and of the events on the way to Goa, where he died. Afonso de Albuquerque concluded that the time had come to place the orders for the cargo of spices destined for this Kingdom (Portugal). His nephew, Dom Garcia de Noronha wanted to come that year, and so Afonso de Albuquerque placed him in command of the fleet and sent
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