The Portuguese in the Sea of Oman

_ 122 _ all belongs to Shah Tahmasp and is going from here as his and it is not to apply if it belongs to any other person. This is notwithstanding my order that dues are to be paid, and I am notifying you of this so that you will carry it out without hesitation, and dispatch the said cloth freely in this manner as soon as you have dispatched it, it will be recorded in the Custom House. Written in Goa on 12 March 1545. This cloth is what was ready for dispatch in the time the Secretary was there. Antonio Cardoso had this written. Copy of a paragraph from the standing orders of the Governor Dom Estevão da Gama. The matter of dues payable on goods belonging to Shah Tahmasp, about which he sent word to the city, will be carried out in the customary way and manner as has always been done until I order otherwise.

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