_ 128 _ Of this, says Castanheda, deeds were drawn up, which we searched thoroughly for in the Archives of India, without finding any trace, nor in the book of the factor of this fleet which we ran through, nor in that of the factor who then was of Ormuz, did we find charged these thousand five hundred cruzados, where they were in duty bound to be receipted; wherefore we know not where the truth of this lies, beyond what we have found in some written memorandums, and referred to in Castanheda, who was there at the time and would undoubtedly not have written this without foundation.
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