_ 89 _ Governor made him issue the requests. Certainly, my lord, it would be better, if these men had been imprisoned to cut off their heads rather than for matters relating to money; none of them believes that they have been imprisoned as a punishment, but rather so that they can be robbed, as has always been done here. Diogo de Melo left here with the Governor without having paid any of what he owed to the King or to anyone else, as I have already written to Your Highness. I have conducted myself in this affair as is fitting before God and to Your Highness, both in the name of justice and to pacify the land. Men who have left here will have kept Your Highness fully informed about the many disservices Diogo de Melo did to you here. They are also bearing a copy of the sentence which I issued against him on behalf of the King of Ormuz. I do not even know if it is as faithful as a copy of the one which is here, I hope to bring it to Your Highness when I can, as well as the results of the investigation, which the magistrate, whom Lopo Vaz de Sampaio sent here, carried out. At present it is in the hands of the scrivener who is still serving here. With regard to the one which the Governor and his secretary carried out, if Your Highness finds it not as it should be, you must charge them for what they have done, as Your Highness sees fit.
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