_ 122 _ except him and the said Jews were immediately prevented from producing it. That is how it is at present. The latter were very much aggrieved by this, because what used to cost ten now costs twenty and furthermore, many of those same Jews supported themselves and made a living from the aforementioned orraca wine. Your Highness, do not allow such a thing to happen because it is harmful to the government? Also had the said Gaspar Pires removed from the above-mentioned city because he is universally hated there. If Your Highness wants more information, João de Meira and Manuel Velho, your servants who have spent a long time in Ormuz, are going to Portugal and will tell you about this........the whole truth, and also one Alvaro………… man-at-arms, who was with Lopo de Tavora ........ a victualler who knows him well and ............. Your Highness the information about this matter………..they who are going to Ormuz to load up with........... and other goods, because of this......... to sell what they are carrying, because they are going to speak ill of him. Item: Sir, having spent many years here, I should like to leave, as I have already stated, in the hope that, in Your Highness presence, I shall receive the reward given to those who serve you as, I believe, Sir, I have done up till
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