_ 306 _ less, I order you that, if you are unable to reach Diu or Bassein by the end of April, up to the second of May, you sail directly to Goa, and that you part company with the ships from Bassein and Chaul on the high seas, so that each one may sail home. Item: You are carrying four contracts in Portuguese; in two of them there is a chapter which provides for the construction of a fortress when the King, our Lord, shall order that this be done. In the contract written in Persian, there is a codicil written on the reverse side saying: first, that it is this one which contains the same craulllla (this is incorrect, it should read “clause”) authorising us to construct the fortress. This should be signed by the King of Aden. You should make every effort to ensure that he agrees to sign this contract. No one must know that you are carrying the other. If you do not succeed in persuading him to do all that is necessary, the King should sign the other contract in Persian that you have with you, which has a note on the reverse side, saying “second”. The contract which the King of Aden will keep must be in Arabic, but you will not take it with you from here completed. This is because I am ordering you in these
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