_ 71 _ I am worthy of the favours you grant me, for I have no Lord other than the king of Portugal our Lord, and Your Lordship. In your service I should pray for twenty lives if I could have so many, and this Your Lordship gives me in the many favours I receive each day and hope to receive. To this day from Rais Sharaf I have experienced nothing but disfavours and the wish to do great harm to myself and to my kinsmen. This is what I have observed in him, and I now wish to give account… concerning my position and many other matters effecting myself, my nephews and kinsmen. I shall tell you a few of them. He has done exactly as he wished. It appears to me that Dom Manuel has up to the present not spoken to him about matters concerning me. From now on I hope that he will support me on behalf of Your Lordship and that he will grand me favours, for if he does not, I shall suffer every kind of problem and ignominy until Your Lordship vouchsafes me justice. I cannot fail to tell Your Lordship how much hardship Rais Sharaf is inflicting on this land, and I truly fear that nothing is to the advantage either of the people or of our Lord, the King. Many rebukes from Your Lordship would be appropriate, and not gentle ones because for us it is…. I request Your Lordship’s permission to speak at greater length and with greater emphasis about these matters, for
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