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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13574	A continuation of the lamentable and admirable adventures of Dom Sebastian king of Portugale With a declaration of all his time employed since the battell in Africke against the infidels 1578. vntill this present yeare 1603.	Teixeira, José, 1543-1604.	1603 (1603)	STC 23866; ESTC S101269	50,758	70

his life in short time after The second example The Lord D. Antonio the Prior of Crato likewise supposed king of Portugale by reason of his oath at Santaren where he was chosen and after at Lisbone in which election he was confirmed by the Deputies of the cities and townes of the kingdome promised by oath that he would make no bargaine or agreement with any of their enemies but leaue the same Realme at libertie The Catholicke King D. Philippo offered to make him Viceroy of Naples for his life time with foure hundred thousand duckets of yearely rent and the bestowing of certaine offices and benefites and fiftie thousand duckets presently to pay his debts to go into Italy and likewise to restore to their former state dignitie houses and goods those persons from whom they haue bene confiscated by his occasion and to giue both honour and riches to all them that should accompanie and attend vpon him according to euery mans place and calling vpon condition he would renounce and disclaime all his right and interest in the kingdome of Portugale by vertue of their election and if withal he would sweare neuer to giue attention to any that might perswade him to the contrary His answer was to all these great offers That his conscience bound him to do nothing preiudiciall to the contract he had alreadie made and that he had rather liue poorely and die miserably in a simple chamber with credite performing the dutie of a good Christian then to liue in great pompe and pride in sumptuous pallaces disclaiming the law and commaundements of God Courteous Reader no man can speake so assuredly or so sensibly in this matter as I for in the yeare 1582. vpon S. Augustines day being prisoner at Lisbone D. Christopher de Nora for that time appointed Viceroy of Portugal with whō his Catholike M. sent a gentlemā of his chamber for me assured me that I might talke with him as boldly as with himself telling me that the king meant to employ me to D. Antonio about these affaires This was not then effected for that I escaped out of prison since when in this country in Englād I conferred with him diuers times about this businesse being his confessor who often said vnto me God forbid I should do a thing so contrarie to my conscience if I should said he I perswade my selfe that euery chinke or furrow in the ground would open and swallow me vp presently by reason of that offence God first I desire to take away my life I had rather liue laden with afflictions accompanied with miserie and beggarie reseruing my serious and publike promise then to leade a periured life in great prosperitie pleasures and delights Thus he died obtaining as I thinke for the preseruation of his integritie aswell reputation among Christian men as recompence at Gods hand desiring alwayes to liue and rest in peace and in regard of his small ambition could haue contented himselfe with the tenth part of the King his cosins offer had it not bene for the respect to his oath at their election and could haue found in his heart to haue quit the right and claime he had by his father while the right was in him but could not dispense with the oath they bound him with when they elected him hauing power to do the first but not the second This is sufficient as I take it gentle Reader to proue vnto you my first proposition That the Portugals dwell vpon the seueritie of their conscience Now comming to proue the second which is That they are most constant in their designes when they resolue to build vpon the true law of God and his honour I am to intreate you to defend me against the murmurers our enemies in two respects that is to say not onely in the principall point that shall concerne our subiect but that they may become censurers of me and of the cause saying That in the first historie of two I spake not religiously and that I giue cause of offence to the Kings and Princes of Europe or that I incite you to take armes against them To the first obiection I answer that when a person of what estate soeuer he be deliuer any thing to good purpose or vtter by chance that which is come to passe in that he offends not being thereunto obliged in dutie and conscience As for the second where they suggest that I transgresse against Christian Princes they are much deceiued for though a man make fine gold into a chaine yet for all that it looseth neither the beautie nor reputation of gold nor the name of the most excellent metall of all others so let it be supposed that a man descended of a princely race become a meane subiect yet cannot any man say he looseth by his deiection of fortune his Nobilitie that came by nature for Dauids sheepe-hooke was no disgrace to the Scepter of Iuda nor Iustines wallet nor the halter of Gratian father to Valentine were any blemish to the imperiall Crowne Therefore I conclude that no man can accuse me of rashnesse in the narration of my historie speaking to a good end accidentally though I proue that manie Kings and Princes of Europe haue bene deriued out of meane or vulgar houses The Chronicles of Portugale offer vnto vs among the traditions of our auncestors a notable historie well worthie the reporting and obseruing In Portugale in the Prouince of Alentejo otherwise called Transtagana there is a towne called Veyros by estimation about the bignesse of Manto vpon Seine situate vpon a mountaine at the foote whereof Westward there runnes a riuer which hath the beginning from the North part the current passing into the South Not far frō that town vpō the highest part of a litle mountaine regarding the West for the most part this riuer seemes to haue an issue towards the East and there is a foord where men are constrained to passe vnder this promontorie the riuer hath made a sandy shallow place as it were knee-deepe where the women inhabiting the said towne vse to wash their linnen maides aswell noble as vulgar It fell out vpon a day that D. Iohn naturall sonne to the King of Portugale was to passe by that point with D. Petro Iusticier great Maister ouerseer of the cities and by reason of that office was indued with spirituall and temporall honour and authoritie He being a yong and lustie gallant and gouernour of the same towne beholding these maidens with their clothes trust vp as women vse going about that labour this noble man began to ieast with the rest of his companie at the bare-legged wenches and passing by them some part of his traine yet to come one wench amongst the rest as the historie reporteth in a red peticote as she was tucking vp her clothes discouered her legs somewhat high and giuing her selfe a clap with her hand on the calfe of her right leg said aloud Here is a white leg girles for the master of

me from being adiudged to the gallies and also preuented me from being stretched vpon the racke and further obtained pardon of his Maiestie for Emanuel Texere my vnkle that was condemned to loose his head and caused all his goods to be restored that were confiscate for being in employment with D. Antonio against the king and when he could not obtaine a graunt at my hands of that which he demaunded himself he incited my friends and acquaintance to do their vttermost to win me from my constant resolution hoping in regard of the great distance and separation from my countrey and what by the want and necessitie I endured in France with my aged constitution of bodie I would retire from that place and end my age in Portugal where I began my youth attempting afterward by rating reuiling to make me recant when other prouocations would not preuaile All which inticements mixt with bitter taunts moued me nothing at all and at this instant if I would vouchsafe acceptance I might receiue the same entertainement before offered It is not yet two yeares past sithence a very deare friend of mine in this towne prest me with vehement perswasions to returne into Portugale assuring me of as much aduancement there as I would defire but God forbid that euer I should accept it for I had rather be a poore religious beggar in France then a great discontented Bishop in Castile or in Portugale considering the countrey is not it selfe but in bondage most seruilly subiect to Castilian tyrannie In this towne a nobleman of France in the presence of diuers Princes of the Bloud accompanied with some religious men of mine owne order often perswaded me to leaue the habit of S. Dominicke and betake me to another assuring me in liew therof an Abbey which he had in his power at that time to giue afterward a couēt of 8 or 9 thousand liuers annuall rent and to make me capable thereof he promised to procure me a dispensation from his Holinesse to allow the exchange of my present habite All which bountifull proffers could not once moue me to change my shape like a mutable weather-cocke or an airie Camelion For if the spirit of God forsake me not I will die as I haue liued a religious votarie to S. Dominicke and a naturall Portugal and the same blessed stabilitie possesse all those that seeke and spred my reproch and defamation and to those that make a scorne of me I answer nothing but that I am a true religious Portugale of the same disposition that other my countrimen be I meane the godly vertuous and loyall Portugals Neither wil I admit any for my associates in this case but such as be most intirely sincere and constant So I end my present narration in the name of God and purpose to proceed to the handling of my promised discourse which albeit I cannot so exacty relate as I desire not being an eye-witnes of all that hath bene done and suffered by this miserable king my Lord and master I haue gathered out of the greatest probabilities and assertions of the iustest and honestest that I could possibly learne or vnderstand that were able to giue me the best intelligence which diligence I was bound in dutie and conscience to exercise and am withall inforced by the importunitie of many meeting me in the towne and field at euery corner to discourse vnto them my maisters aduentures Therefore to satisfie them and all the world and to meete with their tedious inquisitions I haue effected this collection to rid my selfe of trouble and to quench their inordinate thirst after the truth referring all that can reade to this and my former discourse of Admirable aduentures Farewell The Narration AT my being in Venice gentle Reader I vnderstood by diuerse that the opinion conceiued of many and the rumor commonly spred concerning the death of Dom Sebastian the king of Portugal my Lord and Maister was false and beleeued rather that their reports were more like to be true that maintained the contrarie For that it was confidently iustified by credible persons that he was seene aliue and safe since the battell in Africke namely by Cid Albequerine Emanuell Texer my Vncle N. Murselo Higuera and many other Gentlemen and personages of great qualitie and account He escaped by flight among the route being sore hurt in his head and in one arme and passed as a priuate man to his ships and was embarqued amongst the remnant of his armie that saued themselues by flight as he was forced to do After a few daies he arriued in Portugale in a towne called Neu feu de mille fuentes neare vnto S. Vincents Cape where he refreshed himselfe and sent for a Chirurgian from Faro his name I haue forgotten but well I remember he was reckened excellent in his Art There the king soiourned accompanied with the Duke of Aneiro and Christopher Tauora and diuerse other Lords vntill he was perfectly healed The tidings of his being at the Cape were sodainly spred at Lisbon and was soon published generally throughout all Portugal And it was affirmed that he was seene at the Couent of Capuchins built vpon the point of S. Vincent amongst his companions This rumor was soone quailed by the policie and authoritie of Petro de Alcaçoua great Secretarie of Portugal in the behalfe of Dom Philip king of Spaine with whom he had before-hand concluded when Dom Sebastian the king employed him in Embassage into Spaine before his departure into Africke And for that cause this Petro Alcaçoua a damnable Politician and a monstrous traitour as soone as the first newes came that the Christians had lost the day and his King and Maister slaine this Iew gaue secret intelligence to the king of Castill of all that happened signifying vnto him that nowe were a fit time to surprise the kingdome of Portugall and bid him make readie for the purpose I respected the handling of the second establishment of vnion betweene the king my maister before his departure and the king of Castile which is expressed by one Connestay at large who being a man of good respect in Portugal came post to seeke me from Rome to Venice and amongst many other newes he reported vnto me that as soone as euer it was bruted abroad in Portugall that Dom Sebastian the king was liuing and prisoner in Venice there were many deuises reuiued concerning this brute that long time before lay buried And withall you must note that Dom Diego de Sosa the Admirall which conducted the king into Africke re-embarqued him from thence into Portugall againe and gaue continual intelligence vnto his kindred and assured friends that their king was liuing and that he had secretly receiued him a boord among the scattered troupes and gaue them an especial charge that they should conceale it And further that he gaue him a secret signe whereby he might know him hereafter if need required which priuitie Dom Diego discouered vnawares when a counterfeit