_ 121 _ that he and Antonio Pessoa(A) might not suborn governors. They should have been replaced. The devil could not find more ways to try Christ others. Dom João de Castro swore that he was not to enter his house, and brought a letter ordering him back to Portugal. Item: The post of treasurer in Cochin is an unnecessary expense and a further loss to Your Highness’s estate. The money that is allocated for these posts should be directed to more important work. Item: Once again, I remind Your Highness that Khwaja Semacadin is more to be feared than the destruction of the bastion of S. Tome in Diu. I did not want to ask him for anything for this emergency, nor did he want to lend Anything besides, I did not think it right on the one hand to write criticizing him and on the other to ask him for things. Item: One of these naus can carry a cargo of between 1,200 and 1,500 quintals of drugs. The advantage of shipping them loose is that they can transport two thousand or more, which is worth 100,000 cruzados, and the freightage (A) Antonio Pessoa. About whom Cosme Eanes complains in this letter, was great friend of D. João de Castro, <Cf. Lendas da India, IV, 618, 688.
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