The Portuguese in the Sea of Oman

_ 195 _ Item: On 23 of the said month Jorge Dias, secretary, requested me, the clerk of the said ship, to charge to Paris Corvinel Captain and factor of the said ship, four fardos of ginger that were in the ship and were confiscate to the King because they were prohibited goods. I, Cristóvão Afonso entered them as received by him. 4 fardos of ginger. f45 Item: On 20th March, having reached the port of Muscat, I was ordered by Paris Corvinel, Captain and factor of this ship, “Sta Maria do Monte”, to copy a writ from Sr.Diogo Lopes de Sequeira, Governor of India, into my special book, which he gave me, which is as follows: I, the Captain General and Governor of the Indias, etc., inform those who see this writ that it is my pleasure to grant, in the name of our Lord the King, to Paris Corvinel, fidalgo of the Household of our Lord the King the captaincy and factorship of the ship which formerly belonged to the Sabaio and now belongs to His Highness. She is now in Ormuz, and is to be brought back with merchandise belonging to the King, to be [...]. I order the master and pilot and ship’s company to obey him and comply with his commands in those matters

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