_ 227 _ either that he should have bought them in any case. He and the horses, all are yours, and you may do with them what seems appropriate to you. I should have said that he is taking seven. I should have been very pleased to send half a dozen horses to Francisco Lopes, or at least a couple of pairs, as Jerónimo de Escóvar wrote on your behalf, but I did not have time to do so, for since your letter was given to me I have not bought any more; because they do not come from outside on account of the troubles that occurred. But, as I say, the monsoon for sending them is finished, but you should be able to obtain one of them or a pair for the price here, and it should all come out advantageously in the end. There remains nothing more for me than to pray the Lord God for your’s health. Written in Basra, 5 November 1547. To the Lord Dom Manuel de Lima, my Master. Your servant, Domingos Barbudo.
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