[Por El Rey
A dom António d’Atayde, comde da Castanheira, e veador de sua fazemda]
Comde, amigo. Eu, el Rey, vos emvio muito saudar. Ey por bem que, dos cem mill cruzados que os mercadores d’este derradeiro comtrato sam obrigados pagar amtes da partida da armada da Imdia, lhes sejam tomados em pagamento vinte mill cruzados que tem em Sevilha, e que as letras d’elles se emtregem a Bertolameu Drago, cavalleyro de minha casa, pera os lla ir Requerer. Emcomendovos muito que mamdeis logo Requerer a Joham Gomez, thesoureiro d’esa casa, as ditas letras, e carregar sobre elle, em Recepta do quall as Recebera o dito Bertolameu Drago, e lhe dey para seu credito atee lhe emtregar o dito dinheiro; e isto mamdares ffazer logo, pera que se nam detenha.
Cosme Annes a fez, em Évora, aos xii dias de fevereiro de 1533.
J. Sam vinte mill cruzados os que ora am de dar em Sevilha.
Rey
[Pera o cõde da Castanheira, sobre estes XX mill cruzados que os mercadores do cõtrato dã em Sevilha]
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From the King
To dom Antonio de Atayde, count of Castanheira, the king’s purveyor
Count, my friend, I, the King, send you my greetings. I have for good that, of the 100.000 cruzados that the merchants of this last contract have to pay before the India fleet sails on, 20.000 cruzados of the said amount that they have in Seville shall be taken in payment, and the receipts for them shall be delivered to Bartolomeu Drago, knight of my house, so that he can go there and request them.
I order you that you request these said receipts as soon as possible from João Gomes, treasurer of that House [of India] and have him inscribe that sum, from which Bartolomeu Drago will receive it, and to credit him until he delivers the said amount of money and this you will do it promptly so as not to delay him
Cosme Annes wrote this, in Évora, on the 13 days of February 1533
[side note] it will be twenty thousand cruzados that shall be delivered at Seville.
King
[on the other face] To the count of Castanheira, about the XX thousand cruzados that the merchants of the contract will give in Seville]
