_ 173 _ as I think there will not or that many. When we went to the Pagoda we were 3,000 men plus another 2,000 casados as lascars could not be found in India. And it is because of all this that I say to Your Highness to ask the people’s Governor for an account. Another extract (page 205) sending the nau of Khwaja samadin to Ormuz. Chapter on Khwaja Samadin The excess money that Khwaja Samadin had, belonged to you but he was so crafty that he completely deceived the Governor. When the latter realized that he had been tricked he tried to capture the Moor but it was too late as he had already taken refuge in Cannanore. He is still there and from there he sent a nau last year to India (from where no cargo was carried on the return voyage), another to Mecca and third to the Ormuz coast, none of these voyages producing anything other than some personal acquisitions for the crews. This last winter, he sent 120,000 pardaus overland to Batecalã and one of his brother’s disappeared from here a month ago, taking God alone knows what with him. Your Highness should try to have this man imprisoned so that he cannot leave, as is his wish, and take with him what
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