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A01828	The legacye or embassate of the great emperour of Inde prester Iohn, vnto Emanuell kynge of Portyngale, in the yere of our lorde M. v.C.xiii. Of the fayth of the Indyans, ceremonyes, relygyons [&]c. Of the patryarche [and] his offyce. Of the realme, state, power, maiesty, and order of the courte of prester Iohn; Legatio magni Indorum Imperatoris Presbyteri Ioannis, ad Emanuelem Lusitaniae Regem. English.	Góis, Damião de, 1502-1574.; More, John, fl. 1533.	1533 (1533)	STC 11966; ESTC S116675	18,827	64

¶ The legacye or embassate of the great emperour of Inde prester Iohn̄ vnto Emanuell kynge of Portyngale in the yere of our lorde M.v. C.xiii. Of the fayth of the Indyans ceremonyes relygyons c. Of the patryarche his offyce Of the realme state power maiesty and order of the courte of prester Iohn̄ Iohn̄ More to the crysten sten reader FOr as myche as euery mā naturally is desyrous to here new thinges and straunge as both authours testyfye and experyence proueth all though there were none other commodyte therof then the neweltye I thought yt a thynge worthe the labour to translate this lyttell worke late happed in my hande through the helpe of a specyall familyar frende of myne syns surely I thought it shuld be a worke not onely new trew and plesaunt to the reader but also for y e knowlege of sundrye thynges therin conteyned very profytable and necessary For in this lytle treatyce be conteyned the state the fayth the relygyon the ceremonyes the Patryarche wyth his offyce the powre the lawes of the lande and empyre of prestre Iohn̄ besydes his royall maiestie and order of his courte All whyche thynges were rehersed vnto y e myghty and pusaunt prynce Emanuell kynge of Portyngale by the mouth of one Mathew sent frō themperour of Inde prester Iohn̄ vnto the fornamed Emanuel in the yere of our lord M.v. hundred .xiii. And all though of this prester Iohn̄ syr Iohn̄ Maūdefeld knyght in a worke y t he made of the dyscrypcyon of coūtrees somwhat hath made mencyon yet this embassatour that came from thens to the kynge of Portyngale as he to whome euery thynge perteynyng eyther to the religyon and fayth of that people or to the polytyque order of that lande was myche more perfytely knowen yt is no meruayle though he myche more perfytely descrybe theym namely to that prynce whych from poynte to poynte was curyouse to enquyre This empyre of prester Iohn̄ ys reputed as great a maygne countre in a maner yf yt be not gretter as all the remanaunt that nowe remayneth christened except the new founden landes that haue ben bycomen chrystened wythin few yeres of late And therfore yt greatly may of reason greatly ought to reioyce all good chrystē people to perceyue that though there are dyuerse thynges wherein they and we dyffere in rytes lawes customes and ceremonyes yet in all other thynges necessaryly perteynynge as well to the vertues of fayth and relygyon as all other vertues morall they so farreforth accorde and agre wyth these cristen nacyons of ours and wyth the catholyque doctryne of the chyrche that yt may well appere euen by that thynge alone that the spyryte of god hath wrought and worketh this full agrement consent in so many thynges necessary to saluacyon thorowe so many great countreys and regyōs as ours are and theyres both y e tone by so longe space hauynge so lytle accesse vnto the tother that of many yeres tyl nowe very late we coulde not wel tell whyther they were well cristened or not Howe be yt yet appereth well nowe by many thynges not in this boke onely but in those letters also whyche now very late the emperour of that lande that nowe is son vnto him that sent thembassatour vnto the kynge Emanuell dyd send not onely to the noble kynge of Portyngale that now is sonne vnto the said noble kynge Emanuell but also to the popes holynesse that now is Clement of that name the .vii. by his embassatour wyth his obedyence after the maner of other chrysten prynces by this treatyce and those letters yt doth I saye well appere that the said emperour and all the chyrche that ys to wytte all the chrysten people of that empyre be of the same fayth that we be And in this treatyse ye also se that y e great thynges whych haue ben byfore this tymes establyshed agaynst heretyques by generall counsayles of olde agaynst whych old determynacyons these new heretyques make newe besynesse nowe the selfe same thynges haue the chrysten people of that great chrysten empyre frō the tyme of theyre fyrste cōuersyon whych was forthwyth vpon the deth of Chryste cōtynually byleued and euer obserued styll So y t this poynt is able alone yf yt be pondered as yt is worthy eyther to tourne and conuert or putte to sylence for shame all the besye bretherne that wolde make men so madde as to wene that those thynges were new deuysed and late brought vppe here by prestes whych thynges theym selfe se well ynough though they dyssymyle and say nay in the bokes of old holy sayntes and whych thynges are now well knowē to haue ben this .xv. hundred yere byleued and vsed thorough that great empyre as great a people as oures into whyche our prestes as farre as men can tell of neuer came hense to teache them But syth that we begyn nowe eache to heare more of other I pray god as there is in bothe many thynges very good and some thynges that myght be better eche peple may lerne take of other those thynges that be good and lette the badde go by And that we may make bothe so but one chyrche mylytant here in erth that we may both be partes of one gloryouse chyrche that euer shall be tryumphaunt in heuen Damyane Gooes a Portyngale vnto the ryght reuerent father in god lord Iohn̄ y e great Goth archbysshop of wpsalen̄ inhabytyng the countrey of Swetia sendes gretynge THrough the great famylyar frenshyp god therof the vndouted autor that was betwene your holynes me whē we were to gether at Dantiske what tyme I had there maters of my pryncis to do after often metynges at the last happened vs cōmunycacyon of y e maters of Portīgale as of y e viages of the Indyans Arrabies and Perses And also of the longe and dyffyculte passage into those coūtreys of the parelles of the mayne Occean see also and of the cōtynuall warre that the inhabytours as well on thys syde Gaūge as beyond made agayn y e Arrabyans Persyās Indyans of the yerely inuasion of the Turkes whych by theyr mighty naueyes sent by the see of Arrabye vnto Inde the lesse all though not venqueshyd yet greatly vexed and troblyd our peple But after we had mych debated this mater your holynes putte wel in mynde of the high emperour of Inde prester Iohn̄ From whome surely my self ones saw an embassatour sent vnto our kynge and beynge present by harde all that euer he tolde as well of the fayth as of the ceremonies and estate of prester Iohn̄s empyre whyche he parcell mele descrybed in the presens of many of his nobles All whych when in order I had shewed your holynes you requyred me yf euer yt chaūced me to returne to the lowe countres that I wolde sende you all those thynges breuely descrybed wyth the artycles of the fayth ceremonies and estate of theyr countrey whyche I faythfully promysed to do Therfore after ones though a

the way destroye such myscreant Moers so that the gyftes and oblacyons that be offered vppe at the holy sepulcre frome that tyme forward be not deuoured of dogges Now is come the tyme that was ꝓmysed in whych as they say Cryst his blessed mother Mary forshewed that in the later dayes of the Crysten countreys in Europe a certayne kynge sholde arryse whych sholde destroy the hole nacyon of the Babaryanes and Moers And surely this is the same selfe season whych our sauyour Chryste promysed to hys blessed mother Mary shulde come Furthermore what so euer our embassatour Mathew shall shewe you accompte you yt as spoken of myne owne mouth byleue him For he is one of the chyefe of our courte and for that cause we wylled to sende hym to you we wolde haue commytted all this to your owne messengers you sent hether had yt not ben that we feryd lest our besynes sholde not come to passe accordynge to our mynde we sende vnto you by this our embassatour Mathew a crosse made of the same selfe wood on whych our sauyour Iesu Cryste was crucyfyed at Hierusalē A pyece of this holy wood was brought vnto vs from Hierusalem of whyche we haue made .ii. crosses wherof the one styll remayneth wyth vs thother we sende by our embassatour vnto you The colour of the wood is black and hangeth at a lyttell syluer rynge Moreouer yf it please you eyther to mary your doughters with our sons or your sons wyth our doughters yt shall be very plesaunt and profytable for both partes and a great stablyshement of the brotherly lege all redy enterd whych I pray god longe to cōtinew No more at this tyme but the helthe and grace of our redemer Iesu Cryst and of his blessed mother our ladye saynt Mary the vyrgyn holde theyr hande ouer you your sonnes your doughters and all your hole housholde Amen Besydes all this we certyfye you yf we lyst to assemble our power that we haue strength ynough to destroye yf god be our helpe all the enymyes of our holy fayth But as for our realmes and countres so be annexed and ioyned to gether that on no parte we can breke out to the see wherfore we haue no power on y e water wherin god be thanked you of all nacyons are most myghty Iesu Cryste be your ayde helpe succour for the thynges that ye haue done in Inde be surely more by goddes myght then mannis If so be it you wold prepare set out a thousande sayle to se we shall fynde vytayle and all other thynges plentyfully necessarye for the furnyshynge of your nauey After that the moste chrystyned kynge emanuell by the interpretour had well vnderstanden these letters very desyrous to heare of Cristen maters gredy to knowe agayne of the legate how the maters and Crystes fayth stode amongest the Indyans after certayne dayes callynge to gether the nobles of his court commaūded that by certayne well lerned chrysten deuyns whyche was there redy at hande he shold be demaunded in hys presens of euery poynt And he answerynge by parcell mele declared all thynges as hereafter in order foloweth The confessyon of the fayth ceremonyes and manner of theyr relygyon of the empyre of prester Iohn̄ IN this poynt fyrst of all they beleue as we do thre persons and one god in whyche one and moste beste father thei faithfulli trust and byleue 2 Item that he of no subiecte mater at all nor of nothynge erthly but by a meruaylous meanes made both heuen and erth lyke wyse all thynges conteyned in them 3 Also that Iesu Cryste that anoynted kynge oure sauyoure the verye Messyas so often by prophetes promysed is the very sonne of very god borne in Bethleem the cytty of Dauid accordynge to y e prophecyes of Mary whyche contynued a vyrgyne both byfore the byrth and also euer after 4 Moreouer that the same Iesu Cryste for our synne at Hierusalem byfore Pontius Pylate a Romayne there presydent and gouernour of Iury by an vniuste iugement both was condempned suffered died and was buryed 5 Furthermore he incontenent after his deth descended to hell theyr gates shaken and all to broken the thyrde daye arrose from deth to lyfe hauynge the vyctory of his enymyes and deth and that after he retourned agayne and meruaylously ascended vp to heuen frō whens he came 6 Bysydes this they faythfully cōfesse that after all this mortall lyfe they loke for an vnyuersall and endeles resurreccyon of our body 7 Also that by the same fayth they loke for Cryste to be iudge who shall geue an vnyuersall iudgement of good and euyll in whyche eche man shall receyue a iuste rewarde accordynge to his deserte in this worlde 8 By whych iudgemēt geuē ones good men shal haue eternall ioy with out ende and euyll men euerlastyng payne vexacyon and shame 9 Therfore they as well as we solemnely obserue and dyligently kepe the .x. preceptes of Moyses 10 Also they rekē as we do the .vii. dedely synnes 11 They haue also all y e bokes writen of Moyses fynally all the prophetes wyth all such other volumes of the olde lawe 12 The four euāgelistes haue they in great estymacyon euen the selfe same that we haue that is to wytte saynt Mathew saynt Marke saynt Luke and saynt Iohn̄ 13 Of Poules epystles they lacke nothynge whyche eche by name he there in presence recyted 14 The crede made by thapostles and euery artycle of the same they well allowe 15 The pater noster made by Crist they so mych set by that they preferre yt byfore all other prayers 16 The Aue Maria also they mich vse in the honoure of the mother of god the virgyn our lady saynt Mary 17 Theyr chyldrē the .vii. day after theyr byrth both be baptysed and also after Moyses law cyrcumcysed And that not for any respecte of meryte or trust they haue in it but onely for y t yt so hath remayned of an olde custome frō theyr forefathers and so to them left from hande to hande 18 All the people in the remēbraūce of the trewe and theyr ones receyued baptyme yerely in feste of the epyphanye wyth a meruaylouse great gladnes and reioysynge of mynde openly a freshe professe the fayth of Cryste and be solempnely baptysed agayne 19 In the remembraunce of our lordes maundy euyn in maner as we vse they saye masse but that not for any rewarde money or lucre vnlesse that percase some of a good relygyouse mynde frely wythoute axynge geue theyr almoyse 20 The blessed sacrament of thauter they recounte for the hyghest sacrament fyrmely wyth a syncer and pure fayth professyng it to be the vndouted bodye and blood of our lorde Iesu Chryste and accordynge vnto Chrystes ordynaunce receyuynge yt vnder both the formes 21 As for the sacramentes of anoylynge and vnxyon they confesse 22 Strayte ways as soone as they haue cōmitted any dedely synne they get them a preste to whome in secrete