_ 36 _ I would have no objection if he asked for more, and then... and I would grant him for more if he requested it...... I wrote to Your Highness how the Guazil is a great servant of Your Highness…. to my father and serves me with all his heart and good… I beg Your Highness to command him to serve.... served, and thus reward him and with to... favour, and raise him to be more than he was, which is my guazil, so that everyone will know that the King of Portugal made him great. Since Cristovão de Mendonca came here, he has moved him forward in everything. May it please God that this land and people always grow in your service. May it please Your Highness to know that Ormuz is sadly deprived of merchants and merchandize.... there are far fewer than there used to be. I beg your highness to…. expenditure be greater than ever...less than ever is what they have been...... pay for something, having regard to the expenses...... be far less, and this we hope of Your Highness. May God increase your power and estate….
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