_ 124 _ guazila to give him an account of all the time they served, which they have not done so. And that you order the captain of the sea of Ormuz not to harm of interfere with the merchant ships or the people of the Arabian coast, or introduce new practices. Let no Portuguese spend the winter along the said coastline because of the immense damage they have been doing to the land. I strongly advise you to apprise yourself of the harm that is being done to those ships and merchants by the afore-mentioned captains on that very coast, as well as by those who winter there. If you find that they are doing something they should not, deal with the matter in whatever way you think will serve my interests. And likewise, that the maritime superintendent should not introduce now practices, as he did recently, not receive from his position more than he was ordered by his instructions. Take a note of this, and order it to be done this way, and anyone who does anything different or who has done so, have him punished, as deserves it by law. And that my captains should not be able to banish their servants, slaves and officials to some place outside the said City of Ormuz to humiliate them as they do now. And
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