_ 99 _ Item: Sir, I say no more about other matters, but Your Highness will be doing me a favour if you allow Fernão de Alcaseva to tell you what he said in the presence of Diogo Vaz. I would like Your Highness to know my worth and to give me some responsibility. Item: Sir, I asked Your Highness a year ago to be made Governor of the fort here. Give me this post or any other and I shall make your possessions prosper. Item: Sir, at the moment there are 28 fully equipped ships, apart from those in the Straits. I do not know where the Commander would like to go. Item: Sir, I have no other wish than to serve Your Highness. I shall always do what you order. Done in Cochin on 2nd January, 1518. Your Highness’s servant, Jinis Fernandes.
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