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Sandi~:;imo

in Cln·isto 1\ttri :.e

hc:.ti~simo

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mino. 41omino Lcoui S., addittissimus filiu:;

Emm~nul'l,

Dei gT:IIia, 1\rx Portug:.lli.:c ct

Al·

g:1rbionun, citt·:t ullr:1t¡ue marc, in

Africa

domi–

nu:;

Guinca•,rt

conquist:c, n:tl'igationis :.ccom·

mercii

.l~'rlúopiw,

Arabiw, ct !•ersiw

~l(¡ue

In·

di1t',

humillim:. bc:.tonnn ¡lctlum oscula.

Qu:mtum Oeo Optimo !\l:tximo, <¡u:.ntum ct

tihi gr:ttulari dchc;unus,

lle:llis~imc

Patcr, 1·ct

nuncio, quod

no~tra

lnllil':l cl:tssis pro:dmo

;tttulit, snti:; :1ppnn:t. Quod crtim te, Pontir.

11ax. et S. 1\om. Ecc\csi:cetCltl'istinno oi'IJi

pr~~iJenlc,

tnm ndmirnnda in Dei laudcm

glo–

t'i:lm

g"1'5\a tam ex 1·oto succc5st•r·int, tua corte

l:ru5, tuag\ori:tccnscridcltct. Jut·eitaquel'isum,

1¡u.:c

/111/ia,

Dei

suffr·:~gio,

ad ipsius cultum

~¡lcdanti:~,

nostris armis modo facta sint, ad

tunm Sanclitatcm summatim pcr,;..:ribcrc, etc.

lgitm· pacata 11051piures duhii

~lartis

l'ktoria$,

non sine laiJorc ct

s:~nguine

pnrta3-,

/11dia,

I'Cii·

ctis in ca

opportuni~ pr~sidiis,

,\lphonsus de

,\llmiJUCr<ruc,

protorapitancu~

nostcr·,

tll

jactu–

ram, !¡uam supcrioribus annis nostr·i fcccrant,

injuriarnque

ulci~ccrcntur,

ow·rtlm

Cln!rso!lc·

s•tm (Jlaladwm

accol~ :~¡>pc\lant)

contcndit.

t·:acst intcr sinumJJWfJIIIIIIICI

Gllllf}f!ticumsita.

mh~

mir;c magnitudinis,

111

ftu:c viginti quinquc

111illium et ;unplius htriurn ccn$C:lhtr, ten-a ipsa

ICcundissim:~ :~cnobili~sirn~r·um,

<¡uas fert /ndia,

mcrdumfcr:~eissima,ctc.

llttc itacruc cum instructa dassc applicuisscl

.\lphonstos, urbcm oppugnaJ'C destina! ;

(jUOLl

pr:.cscnticntcs

Snrr~ccni

bello se ct nr·mis

pr~p3r.:mt,

~ell

fru$lr".1, nam, commisso bis pr;rlio,

uo;:tt·i t;mdcm, Dei auxilio, superiores ¡llurimis

rx hostihus c:csis ut·bcm \

iuh·:~nt,

occupant,

d:~la pr~d:c libcr·tnto,

diripiunl, inccndiunt. l\cx

ipse,

qui

ex tlcph:mto pugnaba!, grnl'ilcr·

l'u!–

ncr~tus,

cum

supcr~litilm~ i\J:~uris

fugn silli con–

suluir.

ca pugna magm1s hostium numcrus,

••xigltO uostronrm damno, intcriit, capti piures,

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ribus, sericis atcrueauro intcxtiscphippiis, illius

pro\·ind;c

ffil'll'l},

muniti, ac :cncorum omnis gc–

ncris tormcntorum

duo millia, summa arte

fahricatn; cap!;¡ sk ttriJC, ltostibUS<JIIC profliga·

tis, cte. Eranl co tcmpore

.1/alaclrre

piures cx–

trancincdi\'CI'S.arum nationummcrc;tlor·cs,sci–

licct Z<.mtri, Pcgus,

lnn:~cs,

Gorcs ct

~~~extremo

Oriente <li<Jue

ultim:~

Sinanrm rcgionc C:hincs,

aliiquc gentiles, <(tli urbcm commcrcii gralia

frcquent:mtc¡: multis dil·itiis nuro ct

~u·gcnto,

m~rgnritis

ct prctiosis lapillis, scricoctiam

I'CI~

!ere,

:'lcmultifariisat·omntibttsctotloribus amt–

tim rcplcnt. lli cum multis ftttoquc flnitimis,

:'lb :\lphonso fredus ct Mllkitinm fl:tgitnntcs, ab

ipsocthcnignect fnl·orabilitcr suut:tcccpti,ctc.

ll:cccum

cognol'is~ctncx

dctlnsiow,

ctgcntc

ctsoto Oricntem

\·crsu~ potcntissimu~.

ad 1¡ucm

f<tllla cratjurc

.Jirdarflam

spcct:wc, ct n.\lnuris

olim uaurpatam,

lcg~to

atl pr<Pfcctum nostnrrn

dcstin:ltO,

qui

se suosquc nostro

m~ntiparct

obsequio, amcum simul cratcrcm cum pr·ctioso

m~gnax¡uc

rrstirnationis

c~rbuuculo,

cnscmc¡uc

aurcum

adf~brc

clabor:ltum, in signum vidcli–

cct rccognitionis ac

\'CI'~ pCI'JlCIU~(tUe

futm·:c

amicitire, misil; ad <¡ucm pr:cfo,:ctu:; aliquos e

nostris ex¡lcrtos vnfrosque 'iros, intimn regio–

ni:; scrutntm·os, cum mullis ctiam ullmcribus,

remisit; undc maximurn Dei ohscquium ct Ca–

tholic:c fi1\ci argumcntum forc non

dubit~mus:

rcbus sic n¡md

.llalaclwlll

compositis, cte.

.\lphonsus

lndiam

rCI'Crlcns,

{;(J(c

ur·bis

pncci¡m;nn arccm, c¡uam

ip~c

supcriorihus

nis,

m:~gno

nostronnn pcl'iculo sed mnjorc hos–

tium stragc,

occupa,·~r:~t, nostr~que

ditioni

imperio adjunxcrat, a Mauris

oiJ~cssnm

r·epcrit,

et struclnctiamn!injuxta firmi¡:.sima:ll'Ce, undc

ruminum Tw·connn <¡uia

se.~

millin numero nos–

Iros continuo infcstubnnt; c¡uos cum ndoriretm·

rmcfcctus, plurimis jnm lrucid:tti¡:., dcspcrnla

~nlutc,

pacta

t:~ntmnmodo

corporum incolumi–

tn!c, se tnndcm etreliqui nostri dcdidcrc, pnr–

tisquc, ct ibi macltinarum, c<¡uorum, nrmorum

hujusmodi hnud contcmncndis

spolii~,

c¡ui–

busdnm etinm, qui intcr·

~Jnuros

rcpcrti sunt,

apostatis qui a filie nostra dcst:il'cr·ant, debito

afilictis supplicio, urbcm

pristin~

quicti rcsti·

tui!;

nppulcr~t

intcrca

Dabuti

urhi, hnud procul

a Goo,

Pr~5hytcri Jo~nnis,

potcntissimi Christi–

colanrm Jomini, ad pr:cfcctum nostnnn lrga-

l':mlus

1.3ngiu~,

C/ri'OIIictm

Citi~nu.

apu(J

J. Pis!orium,

11/uMI'ium

rrtrrum saiptormn

(edi~.

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p:1g

890;

lkheJio da

Sih•a,

loe.

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tom. r,

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