_ 464 _ send a man there competent to reach an agreement with him about the fortress of [Lostão] and peace with this Kingdom. I told him that since they had asked him to send someone, he should send someone there to find out what the King wanted, and that I was telling him this because it was being said in the city that the King of Lar was raising men to attack. Mughistan and the territory of this Kingdom, and that he had detained a caravan and would not let it continue its journey here; and if this happened it would be a loss to this Kingdom and to the revenues of the customs house. He answered me that the King of Lar was not going to send men against the territory of this Kingdom, and that he was sending a courier to Lar at once with letters, and as soon as he returned he would send a person, if necessary. I am writing to Your Lordship about these things because I think that matters are proceeding very slowly, and are such that they should be seen to more quickly and a conclusion reached about them. This Kingdom is not in a state to resist anyone who attacks it, because it is poor and weak and helpless, and we cannot be of use to it outside this island. What I write to Your Lordship is what I know and understand, and if in doing so [...], Your Lordship must forgive me, since you
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