_ 199 _ him, which seemed appropriate, I asked him to release Your Highness’s ambassador who was there in his court. And with this reply and with others that I sent to the captains, whom he had ordered to wage war on me, who all wrote to me concerning this matter, I once more sent the same Antonio Mendes with a present to Shah Tahmasp, because without a gift, letters are very badly received in this country and trade very poorly attended to. Antonio Mendes willingly agreed to return there because he thought he was thereby performing a service to Your Highness, as I had told him he was doing. He did it with such goodwill, that I felt obliged to mention it here to Your Highness. As well as the services. I carried out, I organized others here for the King of Ormuz and the worthy Moors of this land, for them on their part to write to the same Shah Tahmasp. They gladly did this, because of the great harm that would befall them, if Shah Tahmasp waged war against us. I found this and other tasks to carry out in this land, which I shall describe to Your Highness and I continue performing them. I trust in Our Lord that He will see me through these labours, as I am fulfilling His service and that of Your Highness and may this business of Henrique
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