_ 113 _ So, Sir, I came………..and for me to return to Portugal this year………..what else would they say I was. He sent for me………. Your Captain General and known by him………. as I wanted the matters pertaining to your service to be done according to the procedure in your instructions, he did not want me to come nor………… rather did he order me to return straight away……….. as crown judge of the aforementioned city of Ormuz………… because I was a very good man of the type Your Highness should have in your service. With these fine words, he paid me one hundred cruzados, which I spent on the return journey from Ormuz to India. So, Sir, I was forced to be patient and to return once more to serve you, until I should tell the truth again if……………because that is what one is accustomed to here. Item: Sir, my intention was thus to return to Portugal, because I had already been working out here for a long time and bearing responsibility for the affairs of Ormuz for Your Highness. Believing that I knew and understood these matters well, and since I could no longer go, I decided, Sir, to write this letter so that Your Highness might be informed of the truth and about the matters that relate to your service in this kingdom of Ormuz, as well as about
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