_ 54 _ large. He could never have been put into the parau which [rescued him] it not be concerted action. In addition, the nautaques have captured a Moorish land and fought in others, injuring many people there. For these reasons and on account of other things they do every year, this fleet will go with the help of the Lord God and lay waste the Baluchistan Coast, setting on fire as many of their terradas as possible. This fleet will also go every year to protect the carracks. It will be in His Highness’s service in these two matters [for the fleet] to attack the Turkish foists and to go where it has gone in every recent year. I shall be of service to Your Lordship in other ways to the greatest extent of anyone in this land. I kiss Your Lordship hands. May Our Lord increase Your Highness’s life and estate. Ormuz, 23 June 1547. Manoel de Lima
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