_ 141 _ there is nothing I can do to ensure their freedom. As Your Reverence knows, I am used to these adventures, and I trust in the Lord’s mercy, He will do what serves Him best.(A) Henrique de Macedo was leader of a Portuguese embassy that had been sent to Persia. The people of this country are very proud. They worship the Shah like a God. When Ibrahim Khan writes to the Shah, he tells him that he upholds heaven and earth, and so do all his noblemen. Your Reverence may imagine what reason can be expected of such people. There are nineteen Christians here with me, Portuguese and slaves. I do not know how I am going to provide for them, for I have already spent what I brought as presents and bribes, otherwise it is not possible to live because the people are so grasping and out for profit. If I wish to leave with my task well done, I must give. Fortune has failed me, and what diligence could do I have done. These trouble with my sins has brought upon me have made me less anxious about writing to tell Your Reverence (A) Other locations: BAL: 499-IV-49 ff 98v – 99r. BIMINEL: Cartas do Japão ff 142v-3. BACIL: Cartas do Japão l ff 128-9.
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