_ 186 _ satisfied and went away without going to the fortress or putting pressure on the captain, as they always did when they were paid in the factory. Now another writ has come, confirmed by Your Lordship, by which you order me to be given eleven thousand pardaus sadis to pay sixteen ambassadors and the brother-in-law of Shah Tahmasp, which makes seventeen persons. This cannot be carried out because there are for more persons, and even if it is thought that there are some who, because they are due for little there is no need to pay them and it can disregard, this is not ill-informed advice. Most of these officers and persons who are overlooked are from places on caravan routes and are in a sense rebels because they do not recognize any King or Lord, and they can do a great deal of harm to caravans, as they have often done. So, it is necessary to pay all those who are listed in the standing orders made here by the crown judge after considerable investigation. I also want Your Lordship to know that very little is saved for our Lord the King by this new version of the first decree by which I pay them. I used to be given 20,000 xerafins and now they tell me to pay 11,000 pardaus sadis, and the factor pays the King 2,000 for his clothes and 500
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