_ 202 _ (27) Document no. and reference. In the same year (1545) Alexo Carvalho sent a letter to King Dom Joao III, from Goa, on the 20th of November 1545, listing his services to the King of Ormuz:(27) This letter is written by Aleixo Carvalho to the King. He enumerates in it the services he has done for him by sea and land, and in return for all this he requests a new letter patent for the post if inspector of Weights of […] of the Customs-House because King Xarafo has given it to him for three years. Sir, I have been serving Your Highness in these parts of India for twenty years. I came here from Portugal in the year 1526 and brought five brothers of mine in Your Highness’s service, who serve in the fleets and in the accounts. I married in Ormuz some years ago and have
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