_ 157 _ to this city any time between January and April, for in this last year you have sent me two terradas which were already old then, and the weather will be as good for coming as for going. The men Your Lordship has to send me must come in January or February, because that is the time when this fortress will need them more than at any other, especially now the times are so turbulent here that we expect great storms of change. The King of Lar has declared himself our enemy, the Shah has given Mughistan to one of his captains who it is said, is already on his way. Up to the present this kingdom has always been defended by money and has temporized with the damage it has suffered, but now another approach is required, because such atrocious acts and such unmistakable arrogance do not admit of temporizing. What I have decided to do about this, if the Kings Lar attacks Mughistan, as I expect, is call those ambassadors at his who are here and tell them to write to the King of Lar that he is to leave Mughistan and the lands of the King of Ormuz at once, because the King owes him nothing. If he will not do so, I shall put them in prison laden with irons until Your Lordship writes to tell me that is to be done. If it was up to me I would order them to be tied
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