_ 21 _ does not interfere nor does Your Highness take from him anything except the powers of his Governor and give them to your Captain. I would not vouch for the fortresses he has in the land of Persia. However, it should be possible to support them with the local people. The Arabians will always do what the Captain of Ormuz orders, because with a couple of brigantines their lifeblood could be stemmed, and later on ..… that is how it is with Basra….. and many other places along the coast that need to navigate, would all be subject to Ormuz. It seems to me that, if Your Highness wishes to do this, there will no resistance. The Captain General ordered Dom Aleixo to spend monsoon season in this city and supply this fortress. In this we were greatly favoured, because he brought a great many naus and people, and his personality was such that Your Highness should put your kind at rest for the ……….. and for having someone to apologize for him in those places where he could not be present. He furnished the fortress with supplies for a whole year…. I had two reservoirs built and he set about constructing two more. I reckoned that there would
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