_ 284 _ In the same year (1548) Dom João de Castro sent a letter from Bassin, on the 26th of Febru-ary 1548, in which there was a mandate of authority to Dom Alvaro de Castro to establish peace and friendship with the King of Aden:(70) Warrant of authority for D. Alvaro de Castro to establish peace and friendship with the King of Aden. I, D. João de Crastro [sic] of the Council of the King, my Lord, his Commander-in-Chief and Governor of India, etc., hereby communicate to those who have sight of this my warrant of authority that D. Alvaro de Crastro, my son, Chief Captain of the sea of India is ordered to establish peace and friendship with the King of the said city and otherwise act in the service of the King, my Lord. I therefore grant him all my authority, sufficient for him in (70) Document no. and reference.
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