_ 22 _ be enough water for a year for the people who were in evidence, who came to three hundred and fifty men, both in the fortress and on a caravel, a galley and a brigantine. Their captains were as follows: Afonso Enriques de Figueiredo, Captain of the galley built by the King, João Meira of the caravel, Jorge de Orta of the Galliot and Antonio Homem of the Brigantine. The two reservoirs will be completed during the whole of September, when finished, they will contain a year’s supply of water for these people and there will also be the supplies that Dom Aleixo stored in the fortress. Remember that you ordered me to accompany Afonso de Albuquerque, who was my uncle. I say this so that you remember when you order me to go, whether it be with…….. I built part of the foundations of the fortress of Ormuz with such care that it brings comfort to the Kingdom and I sent a thousand Portuguese in thirteen naus without their causing any disturbance up to the present. I do not wish to inconvenience Your Highness further, but if you wish to do me a favour there you may inform them of my services. I wish to inform you about what I know of this land, even though you are already well acquainted with it through other people.
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