_ 456 _ judge and all magistrates and officials concerned to observe it in all things and ensure that it is carried out as I order in it, without let or hindrance. This is to be recorded in the customs-house of the said city. Written by António Gonçalves in Diu on 30 November 1546 by order of António Cardoso. Dom João de Castro. Reis Nur al-Din asked me to confirm this, and having regard to what he says and that the said statute has been in force from that time until the present, in order to discharge my duty and to oblige him I decree that I confirm that the said statute is to be enforced and applied henceforward as it has been hitherto. I command that this be done although it has not passed through this chancellery, notwithstanding the ordinance to the contrary. Written by Francisco de Vargas in Lisbon on 26 February 1571. It is to be valid as if it were a letter in my own hand, sealed with my seal, notwithstanding the Ordinance in Book 11, heading 20, which says that matters the effects of which are to last more than a year are to be conveyed by letters, and they are not valid if conveyed by writ. I Bartolomeu Frois ordered this to be written. The King. Confirmation for Reis Nur al-Din of the Statute here transcribed issued by Dom João de Castro when he was Governor of India. For Your Highness to see.
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