Note 440 — III The Sixteenth Century [1502-80] (continued 2)
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400,000 réis. He also obtained the privilege of trading with India free from all taxes so as to clear a profit of 1,600,000 réis. Innocencio da Silva adds ‘yearly’ to this sum, mentioned by Severim de Faria. In any case Barros’ complaints of his poverty seem misplaced.