_ 82 _ Mamluks fled, at Diu and in the fleet which went to Suez. If Your Lordship remembers this, it was without their granting me any favour other than the ones you do me. If Your Lordship does me just this favour, which is indeed great for me, it is at a time when I have no more money left, other than from a few good deeds which I have done. If Your Lordship does me the honor of sending it to the factor at Ormuz, I shall kiss Your Lordship’s hands. I give Your Lordship information about Dom Manuel de Lima, the master and Captain of Ormuz, who is very active and most noble gentleman. Believe me, Your Lordship,…. Great Turk will have more money than his …. Dom Manuel sleeps in a narrow bed on the battlements, with a gold sword in each hand. At nighttime, I take him the keys of the fortress, as soon as the gates are closed, and he places them under his back. I kiss Your Lordship’s hands. May our Lord give you life for many more years and increase your royal estate. Ormuz 16th July 1547. [Afonso]….
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