Storia do Mogor 374.1

374.1

[NOTE FROM THE ITALIAN OF CAVALIERE CARDEIRA. Pages not numbered, without Opening Sentence or Conclusion, inserted in the Manuscript at the Beginning of Part V. immediately after the Letter.] . . . according to the quality of those who receive it. The Christian artillerymen, as also the surgeons, are paid in the same way. All the said soldiers, captains, and generals, whatever their birth or position, are obliged to furnish sureties. Without this they will not be taken into the service. The thing is universal, and no one can complain. Nor is there any ground for complaint, the same rule being observed in the case of princes of the blood royal. When a trooper's horse dies, he is obliged on the same day to produce the piece of the hide bearing the brand before the officials who are told off for that duty. These men grant the trooper seven days' time for buying another horse. If he fails to buy one within the time his pay is reduced.