_ 32 _ I am not that Ormuz is in a bad way and that no merchants are arriving there. I can therefore not obtain from there more than two hundred pardos, but with the favour of the Lord Governor, I hope in God that I can obtain four reals in the service of His Lordship and in yours(A). Please always tell me many ways in which I can be of service to you, because by so doing you will be granting me great favours. I kiss your hands Kalhat, 28 April 1547. Your servant, Manuel de Lima. To the most magnificent Lord D. Álvaro de Castro, Captain of the Sea of India, etc., my Master. (A) The captaincy of Ormuz was regarded as one of the most profitable in India, in which the captains expected to become rich.
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