_ 343 _ In the same year (1548) Sebastião Lopes Lobato sent a letter to the Governor of Ormuz, on the 18th of September 1548, with news about the Turks in Basra:(84) Sir, Your Lordship instructed me to write to you through the Chief Treasury Officer and by another messenger who is travelling ahead of him, as he is not taking a direct route to Your Lordship. He arrived in this fortress on 8 May, an opportune moment for his arrival there, not only to carry out what was needed in the service of Our Lord the King but also to supply what Your Lordship wanted to know about this kingdom and city. He laboured and tried with great care and diligence to serve and please Your Lordship in all that you ordered and required him to do, so that I am sure, if Your Lordship (84) Document no. and reference.
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