_ 26 _ proclaimation and the Captain saying anyone from whom Diogo de Melo had taken possessions or money against that person’s will should come to him so that justice should be done if possible, and that Your Highness had do decreed, a… to maintain justice and truth for whomsoever possible.... I accept this decree with all possible gratitude and shall carry it out to the best of my ability.... to see such great love and friendship. Notwithstanding, Sir…. years when Diogo de Melo was Captain...... he destroyed the land, and the merchants left…. in fifteen years if he did not change his ways and to change his ways from what they were…... now this Cristovão is here…. justice because after this... his justice everywhere… many people and merchants pray for this...... until now I have not seen Captain equal to him...... the service of Your Highness as in everything else... may it please Your Highness graciously to lengthen his captaincy in Ormuz by four years, to give us peace, and this in addition to the time he has already spent here, making a total of eight years. May it please Your Highness to know that the captain has requested me to hand over to him some of the houses in which I live, which lie between me and the fortress, so that they can be demolished to make a surrounding ditch. As this request was made in the service of the King of
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