The Portuguese in the Sea of Oman

_ 452 _ will be publicly proclaimed in the said city, and I order the Captain of the city, the Crown judge and the magistrate to carry this out and ensure that it is carried out to the letter. IX- The pigs that wander about the city of Ormuz do great damage in the open places where Moors sell fruit and flour and other things, by eating them or polluting them with the dirt they usually have about them; and because they are offensive to the Moors, who also complain about them. I forbid anyone of whatever rank to bring the said pigs into the city or on to the shore by the customshouse. The penalty for anyone who contravenes will be to have them confiscated by the bailiff and alcalde in charge of this matter. This decree will be publicly proclaimed in the said city. X- I am informed that when merchants have cleared their merchandise at the customshouse of the said city of Ormuz, they make an agreement with other persons about their sale, and the purchaser then takes it to his house. There are always disputes and quarrels concerning payment or some other trickery about it, which I consider to be a very bad thing. To avoid this I order that after a merchant has cleared his merchandise at the customs he is to take it to his own

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