_ 196 _ Xeque Mana, King of Lasa, and that ever since the taking up to the present. The King of Ormuz and the Guazil had always demanded from former Captains as well as himself, that we should give him assistance as soon as we should regain, as we were bound to do, for the fortress of the King of Ormuz, how much more on account of this one which had been taken in our time, and that the former Captains had always excused themselves on the plea of not having anyone or men to be able to proceed there, which could not be said a the present time, because I was now there with men who were no longer needed, because the Turks were not coming, and that the expenses of the fleet which I might take he would defray at the cost of the Kingdom even if they would not be obliged to, and therefore they wanted no more than that I should take the Portuguese men which should be available to go with me with the artillery and powder and munitions necessary. And whereas Luiz Falcam had seen and knew this to be so, and that in attempting to recaptive this fortress and city it would be to the advantage of the service of Your Highness and to our credit, having all this laid before me, it seemed to me that it was reasonable that I should go, because by so doing nothing was risked, but
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