_ 322 _ is when I can be there; but if I am not be there by then you are to leave on your voyage. Item: While you are there you will see if they will buy any goods from you, and if they will and the price they offer seems to you better than you might get in Ormuz, you will sell everything, or as much as you can, because it would be very good if you can go to winter in India taking money there to help with all the present expenditure. You will be doing our lord the King a great service in this and you will deserve considerable reward. My father will also reward you. For this purpose you will take an interpreter from D. Paio. Item: While you are in Qishn you will continue to seek news of the country, its condition and what soldiers there are. You will not allow any of our men to land, and no one is to learn from you what my movements are, but you will let it be known that I am on my way to India by way of Batida. To be better believed, you will spread this rumour through Portuguese rather than through Moors. Item: If a brother of the King of Qishn, who is sailing with me, meets you there, you will greet him and pay him much attention and honour, and if he wants to be there with you, let him.
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