The Portuguese in the Sea of Oman

_ 186 _ was given one sadi per day. They were also used to unload and to haul the ship. f37v Item: On shore, and they were paid until 17 July. They were also given some of the King’s rice, two paris to each man, at the rate of ten paris to a Goa mão, which comes to two mãos per day, a total of thiry-six mãos. They also had eighteen pardaos as wages, i.e. at one sadi per day, which I entered in writing 36 mãos 18 pardaos. Item: On 11 July the Captain and factor spent six azares to make two openings for the capstans, which I entered as outgoings 6 azares. Item: On 13 July the Captain and factor also paid for an extra twenty men he employed to raise the ship’s anchors and to tow her from the harbour to where she had to be beached. He gave each man two sadis a day, which come to two pardaos 2 pardaos. f38 Item: On the 16th of this month the factor paid six azares to thirty extra men he took on to clean the ship and to prepare ropes for next time the ship was beached, i.e. he gave each two sadis per day, which comes to

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