_ 135 _ so that the people who enter Your Society receive their salaries. I am also sending extra, for the factor there to supply funds of five hundred pardaus, in Our Lord the King’s name to help with this work. I beseech you, for the love of Our Lord, always to make requests for these virtuous activities, because through them I hope to gain merit before God. With reference to the arrival of Reis Roque Nordim(A), I shall follow your advice, because that would be the best. I am not writing at length to you, Father because matters do not allow me. I agree to become a Christian and assuring him that he should not be afraid that because of becoming a Christian, he would lose his kingdom(B). I am including the letter with is one for you to give to him. I hope in Our Lord that your virtues and prayers move him so much that he is given grace to become a Christian. Implore you, Father, always to send all the news about yourself and your mark. Also apprise me of everything you deem necessary for me to supply from here. Thus, ask me (A) Simão Botelho was of the opinion that this Reizeconodim was harmful to Ormus. See. Carta IV p. 32 in O Tombo do Estado da India (B) BIMINEL. “Assured him that if he was afraid because of becoming a Christian, he would lose his kingdom.”
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