_ 260 _ I have had put in good order in which they can easily be accommodated. At this [...] I shall be much relieved, for all the [...] men here in Ormuz are accommodated in the city among the Moors, which is dangerous because the majority of them are from there and bring with them their possessions in order better to be able to sell them. If I compel the merchants to sleep in the fortress and stay there, no one will wish to come here because they lose their possessions. The captains have always gone around with a guard here, even Luís Falcão, who could shoot. At the present time this is more necessary than it ever was, because they are men who go around with weapons in their hands, halberds and muskets. When necessary, they are posted at the gate of this fortress, and it would be a great comfort and protection if it were Your Lordship’s wish that there should be a guard in this fortress. Guazils and ambassadors come into this fortress and bring soldiers who remain at its gate, and a further guard comes in with them although it is small. This is even more necessary than I am telling Your Lordship, but here the Portuguese are all fidalgos. Your
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