ABSTRACT
The English Factor who was stationed at Cape Iasques had made an alliance between them and the Persians, whereby they were to aid the latter to drive the Portuguese out of that Strait, in return for which the Persians would give them 600,000 rupees (which amount to 300,000 patacas), half forthwith, and the other half in one year’s time, laid out in silks; furthermore, the English were to hand over the fortress of Queixome and employ all their forces against that of Ormuz; if it was taken, the booty would be equally divided, half and half, between the English and the Persians; and the galleons together with all the other ships that might be on the sea, with all the artillery that was in them, would belong to the English, whilst the King and the Guazil together with the other Mohamedan nobles, would be sent by the Persians as a present to the Great Soldan of Persia. If Ormuz was not taken, and if the City was sacked, each party would be allowed to keep what they took therein; and for as long as the English should wish to trade along the Persian coast, all the ports and customs-houses would be free to them, without their having to pay any taxes whatsoever.
