_ 9 _ (1) Document no. and reference. Episodes of the year 1542 A letter from Constantinople on the 28th of May 1542, from Diogo da Mesquita to the Secretary of State, Pero de Alcacova Carneiro, with a translation of a letter written by the Turk to His Highness, informing him that he had no doubt that he would give him four thousand quintals of pepper in exchange for the five thousand Moio that His Highness had requested, indicating peace between Turkey and Portugal:(1) Sir, I wanted to write to you at great length but time does not permit me, so I am sending this man for that purpose. Through the letters of our lord the King and the Count, you will be informed of the affairs of this place though, for it is likely, you may already know this from Duarte Catanho, who left here two and a half months ago things are as I state.
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