_ 504 _ (90) Document no. and reference. In the same year (1546) Rafael Lopo sent a letter to Dom Joao de Castro in Muscat, on the 22nd of December 1546, mentioning the suffering of Ormuz:(90) Sir, Today Wednesday 22 December, the catur sailing there, came to me. May it please God that all the news it brings may turn out well. As Luis Falcão is always in a tearing hurry, he has ordered me to meet him with all the ships and men. This I am doing but there are few ships here and they are completely useless; so are the men. Ormuz needs a lot of men and supplies, otherwise it cannot be of use. It would be helpful if Your Lordship did everything you could and ordered him to strengthen the town as much as possible and in good time, because everything is done better slowly that in haste. Ships
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