_ 515 _ and have done so to me. I reminded Your Lordship because I had good reason for doing so and not because it appears that you consider these matters unimportant. I kiss Your Lordship's hands. From Ormuz, on 24 December 1546. Because I know that Your Lordship, through your magnificent and liberal nature, accepts many simple services as if they were very great, I venture to send and offer you this small acknowledgement because it consists of a sound and true wish, without any mixture or imperfection Thus, I can say little but gladly that good men did this and spoke about it in this way [...] when I was born I learned it from them. Since Your Lordship is from those times, I am presuming to send you a single box of quince jelly and a small jar of pears and another of quinces, which I know Your Lordship will accept with the good wishes with which I send and offer them to you. May God protect you. Sebastião Lopes Lobato To the most illustrious Lord, Dom João de Castro, governor of our Lord the King in these lands of India and, through the grace of the Lord God, their defender, etc., My Lord.
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