_ 114 _ what I saw done and what I see being done in your service at the moment. Item: Sir, Your Highness will be aware that your interests in the affairs of Ormuz consist mainly of two matters, and though the others are important, these are much more so, and they are as follows: Item: First, that the coast of Muscat should be very well guarded and if .......... coast, it did last year that were captured ......... naus that were sailing from India to the said.......... Sir, they captured some that were called the ............ Your Highness should already have there……..and this, Sir, ought to be done at the time........ the naus, so when they go to India .......... because the fleet leaves in this the……..that they captured them and in order to guard the said………only three or four well rigged and equipped fustas would be needed, manned with crews who……..in your service. Item: Sir, the second is that………..that the property of the merchants inside the customs house be cleared straightway, and that there be no arrangement for any new practice or duty to be imposed on them, except those that they always had and paid. This is because, Sir, they complain bitterly about new practices, saying that
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