_ 230 _ and opening up trade, to this I say that Our Lord the King gains a lot by making Ormuz safe and by not making this peace. As for the drugs not being exported, I maintain there is nothing whereby Your Lordship can do greater service to His Highness than by blocking the port so that the surplus of drugs that normally go to Turkey and Venice do not do so, because they seriously cause a shortfall in the contract with Portugal from which Our Lord the King suffered and suffers great losses. In this way, the Turks will completely lose hope of Ormuz. Done, today 27 November 1547. Vasco da Cunha
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