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A71204	The history of the revolution in Portugal in the year, 1640, or, An account of their revolt from Spain and setting the crown on the head of Don John of Braganza, father to Don Pedro, the present king and Catharine, Queen Dowager of England / written in French by the excellent pen of the Abbot Vertot ... ; and done into English.; Histoire de la conjuration de Portugal en 1640. English	Vertot, abbé de, 1655-1735.	1700 (1700)	Wing V272; Wing H2177; ESTC R43002	41,466	186

Duke of Camino confessed their Guilt to avoid the Torture The Judges condemned the two last to be Beheaded and the rest to be Hang'd and Quarter'd and reserved the Sentence of the Church-men for the King The King summoned a Council immediately and told his Ministers he feared the Punishment of so many Persons of Rank tho' they were Guilty might have bad Consequences That the chief Conspirators being of several of the first Houses of the Kingdom their Kindred would be so many secret Enemies of the Government and the desire to revenge their Death would be the unhappy source of perpetual Plots That the Death of Count Egmont in Flanders and of the Guises in France had both fatal Consequences that to Pardon some and inflict a less severe Punishment than Death would win the Hearts of all Persons and oblige them their Relations and Friends to act by motives of Gratitude That however his private Opinion was for Mildness he had assembled them to have their sense and resolved to proceed as they judged best The Marquis de Ferrara was for having them Executed without delay He asserted with vehemence that a Prince on these Occasions ought to hear nothing but Justice that Mildness was dangerous and to pardon Criminals of this kind would be thought a Weakness in a Prince proceeding more from a Fear of their powerful Friends than a natural Goodness That Impunity would bring the present Government into Contempt and encourage their Friends to deliver them out of Prison and possibly to push Matters further That an Example of Severity was necessary upon his Accession to the Crown to deterr others from the like Attempt That this Offence was not only against the King's Person but against the State and a design to subvert the Government That he ought to consider more the Justice he owed his People than his Inclination to Clemency at a Time when the Preservation of his Person and the Publick Safety were inseparable All the Council being of the same Opinion the King yielded and the Sentence was executed the next Day The Archbishop of Lisbon interceeded for the Life of one of his Friends and sollicited the Queen with all the Assurance of a Man who thought nothing could be refused to his Services But the Queen who understood very well the necessity of impartial Justice how much a distinction of this Nature would exasperate the Friends of the rest only replied with a Tone which shewed her inflexible Resolution My Lord the greatest Favour I can grant you is to forget that you ever spoke to me of this Matter The King fearing to draw the Court of Rome on him and being willing to make use of the good Graces of the Holy Father that he might own him as King changed the Punishment of the Archbishop of Braga and the Grand Inquisitor into a perpetual Prison The Archbishop died of Grief because his design had miscarried The Vice-Queen was delivered to the Spaniards and the first Minister of Spain seeing clandestine ways unable to destroy the King of Portugal was resolved to attack him by open force But this too was still unsuccessful This Prince kept a considerable number of Troops on his Frontier commanded by the best Generals and composed of a great number of Foreign Officers and Voluntiers whom his Bounty had drawn into his Service Besides this he had the dexterity to make Pensioners in the very Council of Spain who served him effectually and disposed Matters so that those Generals who were ordered to attack Portugal were never in a Condition to attempt any thing considerable to its prejudice Thus he reigned seventeen Years the Delight of his Subjects and the Terror of Spain After his Death the Queen a Princess of Courage and great Skill in the Affairs of Government gloriously kept the Crown and Fortune for her Children She shone with full Splendor on the Throne during the whole time of her Regency and shewed all those Qualities in their brightest Lustre which made her one of the most Illustrious Princesses that ever reigned The Conduct and the Art of Government were her chiefest Care and her constant Study She applied her self with great assiduity to unmask the several Characters and guess by the most nice and fine outsides the most conceal'd Intentions and if at any time she happen'd to be deceiv'd she would trace the several Steps to find the Original Mistake By her extraordinary Diligence she had attain'd to great Skill and Judgment the Spanish * Ad haec politicas artes bonos malos Regiminis dolos dominationis arcana humani latibula ingenii non modo intelligere Mulier sed pertractare quoque provehere tam Naturâ quam Disciplinâ mirifice instructa fuit Caetan Passar de Bello Lusitan Historians as well as the Portugueze do her the Justice to own she could see the naked Hearts of her Courtiers tho' veiled with the most artful Dissimulation In short where there appear'd any thing Great or Glorious to attempt she wanted neither Courage to conquer all Difficulties or Wit to find means to obtain what she desired and there was nothing farther to be wished for in this matchless Woman except a more true Notion of real Greatness or higher Motives than Fame and Glory The Court of Spain thinking the Regency the most favourable opportunity to regain their lost Power in Portugal bent the force of their Arms on that Kingdom The Pensioners of the late King in the Councils of Madrid who had hitherto diverted the Storm were dead and the Regent had no way left but to prepare for War She obtain'd of the Princes her Allies the best Generals and the most experienced Officers The weight of Affairs did not make any Impression on her Her Capacity Wit and steady Courage were proof against all Adventures Nothing but the Throne she fill'd could have ever shewn the great Genius of this Princess wise in her Counsels impenetrable in her Designs rigid and inflexible in maintaining every Point of her just Authority The People had a great Affection to her Government Fear and Respect kept the Great Men of the Kingdom in a perfect Submission Never Troops were in better Condition or better Disciplin'd Her Orders were executed as punctually as if she had been at the Head of her Army in Person Every one knew Offences to the prejudice of the Queen's Affairs were never pardon'd All Men were diligent in doing their Duty She would know every thing read all Dispatches and nothing escaped her Care and Providence To conclude She put every thing in so good Order in the time of her Regency that King Alphonso her Son upon his entring into the Government found the Kingdom in a Condition to maintain a War against Spain with Advantage his Generals won great Battels and ever beat their Enemies so that some time after the Abdication of that Prince Spain wearied with so fruitless and expensive War was constrained to desire a Peace of Dom Pedro his Brother now reigning and own him Rightful King of Portugal and that Crown independant FINIS ERRATA PAge 4. line pen. dele then p. 6. for Moguel r. Miguel p. 11. after the Crown insert were not Criminal p. 16. for Ozono 1. Ozorio MEmoirs of the most Material Transactions in England for the last Hundred Years preceding the Revolution in 1688. By James Wellwood M. D. Physician in Ordinary to His Majesty and Fellow of the College of Physicians London Printed for Tim. Goodwin at the Queen's-Head against St. Dunstan's-Church in Fleet-street

or the City They seized on the Marquess de la Pueiba Major domo to the Vice-Queen and eldest Brother to the Marquess de Leganez Dom Didaco Cardevas Major-General Dom Fernant de Castro Intendant of the Marine the Marquess de Bainetto Gentleman Usher to the Vice-Queen and several Sea-Officers who were in the Port. All this was done with as little Disturbance as if they had been apprehended by Orders from the King of Spain No Man stirred to assist them and themselves were not in a Condition to resist being for the most part taken in their Beds In the next place Antonio de Saldania at the Head of his Friends with a vast Crowd following him went up to the sovereign Chamber of Justice He made a short Speech to the Company displaying the Happiness of Portugal that now had regained her Natural Lord telling them That Tyranny was now at an End That the Laws would be re-established and Justice have its ancient Course under the Government of so Wise and Just a Prince This Speech was received with a general Applause and answered by loud Acclamations and all Decrees made in the King of Spain's Name were changed and stiled By the Authority and in the Name of Dom Juan King of Portugal Whilst this Gentleman obliged the Chamber of Justice to own the Duke of Braganza for their King Dom Gaston Contingno set free those whom the Severity of the Spanish Ministers had confined These poor Men passing in one Moment from a gloomy Dungeon and the continual fear of Death to the delightful view of the Liberty of their Country transported with Gratitude and dreading the return of their Chains made up a new Company who did not shew less Ardour to establish the Throne of the Duke of Braganza than the Body of the Nobility who formed the first Design In the midst of this general Gladness which the Success of the Enterprize gave the Conspirators Pinto and several of the Chief were extreamly uneasie The Spaniards were still in the Citadel from whence they could batter the Town and soon give them occasion to repent of their hasty Joy Besides this was a Port where the King of Spain could re-enter the City at pleasure therefore thinking they had done nothing till they were Masters of the Place they went to the Vice-Queen and demanded an Order from her for the Governour to put that into their Hands She rejected the Proposition with Scorn reproaching them with their Rebellion and asking them disdainfully if they intended to make her an Accomplice D' Almeida mad at her Refusal all on Fire and his Eyes sparkling with Rage swore that if she did not sign this Order without farther delay he would instantly stab all the Spaniards they had in Custody The Princess surpris'd at the Passion of the Man and fearing so many People of Quality might lose their Lives thought the Governour knew his Duty too well to pay Obedience to an Order which he must needs see was extorted by Force and upon this Consideration she Signed it but this had a very different Effect from what she imagined The Spanish Governour Dom Louis del Campo a Man of small Resolution seeing so many of the Conspirators in Arms and follow'd by a vast Crowd of People who threatned to tear him and the whole Garrison in pieces if he did not instantly Surrender was glad to come off so cheaply and have so good a pretence to cover his Cowardice surrendred the Citadel and tamely delivered it into their Hands The Conspirators having thus secured all sides dispatched away Mendoza and the Master of the Horse to the Duke of Braganza to carry him the News and to assure him from the City that there was nothing wanting to compleat their Joy but the Presence of their King However this was not equally desired by all Persons The Great Men of the Kingdom could not see his Elevation without a secret Envy and most of the Nobility who had no share in the Conspiracy were silent waiting for the Issue before they would declare their Sentiments Nay some proceeded so far as to question whether that Prince would own an Action which would infallibly have such terrible Consequences Above all the rest the Creatures of Spain were in a strange Consternation not a Man of them daring to stir for fear of irritating the People furious with their new Liberty and every one kept himself close at Home till Time should shew what they had to Fear or Hope from the Designs of the Duke of Braganza But his Friends who were well informed of his Intentions pursued their way They met at the Palace to give Orders till their New Master should arrive and unanimously declared the Archbishop of Lisbon President of the Council and Lieutenant-General for the King He excused himself at first representing to them that the present State of the Kingdom required a General rather than a Man of his Character in such a Post But at length pretending to comply with the Importunity of his Friends he consented to take upon him the signing the Orders provided the Archbishop of Braga were appointed for his Colleague in the management of Business and all Dispatches till the King's Arrival By this Device that crafty and politick Prelate hoped under Colour of sharing an Authority with him to render the other an Accomplice and Criminal in the Eyes of the Spaniards if he accepted the Offer or in case he refused to ruin him with the King and render him Odious to the People and all Portugal as a declared Enemy of that Kingdom The Archbishop of Braga perceived the Snare laid for him but being wholly devoted to the Spaniards and in the Interests of the Vice-Queen he refused peremptorily to have any share in the Government So the Archbishop of Lisbon had it alone and Dom Miguel d' Almeida Pedro Mendoza and Dom Antonio d' Almada were appointed as Counsellors of State to assist him One of the first Cares of this Governour was to seize the three great Spanish Galleons in the Port of Lisbon For this purpose several Barks were fitted out into which the Youth of the City threw themselves They discover'd an eager desire to gain Honour in this Exploit but little Opposition was made the Officers and greatest part of the Soldiers being seized in the City at the Time when the Conspiracy broke out The same Evening he dispatched Couriers to exhort the People to give Thanks to God for the Recovery of their Liberty with Orders to the Magistrates of each City to proclaim the Duke of Braganza King of Portugal and secure all the Spaniards they could find In short he made all Preparations at Lisbon for the magnificent reception of their new Master The Archbishop gave notice to the Vice-Queen that it would be convenient she should leave the Palace and make room for the King and his Houshold and ordered an Apartment to be prepared for her in the Royal House of Xabregas at one end of