_ 30 _ the news that some Turkish ships had come Suez to Zabid and they believe that the Turkish fleet will come to Ormuz this year, but if this is true only the Lord God can know. There are very few people in Ormuz, only casados, and the Turks are in Basra. There are two thousand of them, and it is said that they are very decent people; and that their pastime is firing musket-shot at the palisade. Will you please tell me in what way I may serve you, for you will thereby do me a great favour. I kiss your hands Kalhat, 26 April 1547. Your servant, Manuel de Lima. To the most magnificent Lord D. Álvaro de Castro, Captain Major of the Sea of India, etc., my Master.
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