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A20476	The explanation. of the true and lavvful right and tytle, of the most excellent prince, Anthonie the first of that name King of Portugall, concering his warres, againste Phillip King of Castile, and against his subiectes and adherentes, for the recouerie of his kingdome. Together vvith a briefe historye of all that hath passed aboute that matter, vntill the yeare of our Lord. 1583. Translated into English and conferred with the French and Latine copies. By the commanundement and order of the superiors.; Explanatio veri ac legitimi juris, quo serenissimus Lusitaniae Rex Antonius eius nominis primis nititur. English	António, Prior of Crato, 1531-1595.; Hollyband, Claudius, 16th cent.	1585 (1585)	STC 689; ESTC S100205	44,552	60

THE EXPLANATION OF THE TRVE AND LAVVFVLL RIGHT AND TYTLE OF THE MOSTE EXCELLENT PRINCE ANTHONIE the first of that name King of Portugall concerning his warres againste Phillip King of Castile and against his Subiectes and adherentes for the recouerie of his kingdome TOGETHER VVITH A BRIEFE HIstorye of all that hath passed aboute that matter vntill the yeare of our LORD 1583. Translated into English and conferred with the French and Latine Copies By the commaundement and order of the Superiors At Leyden In the Printing house of Christopher Plantyn 1585. The order of the Priuiledge MAurice Erle of Nassawe Catzenellebogen Vianden Dietz c. and the counselors of estate appointed in the prouinces vnited of the low countreis To all to whom these presents shall come greeting Th'ambassador of the moste noble prince Anthony King of Portugall Algarbes c. hath declared vnto vs that he hath caused a little treatise to bee made in the Latine Frenche and Flemmish tongues conteyning the iustification of the said king Anthony with a briefe historye of all that hath passed betweene his maiesty and the King of Castile vntill the taking of thislands of Assores together with an exhortatiō to all princes potentates of Christiandome how muche it standeth them vpon to aid and succour the said king Anthony to recouer his kingdom The which discourse the said Ambassador is desirous to cause to be imprinted with asmuch expedition as possib●y he may to wit in the Latine French tongs by Christopher Plantin in the Flēmish tong by Peter Verhaghen printer of Dordright Wherefore for other causes vs hereunto mouing we haue giuen granted by these presents do giue graunt vnto the said declarer licence authority permission to cause the said treatise boke to be printed by the said Christopher Plantin Peter Verhaghen to put the same to sale in the tongues aforesaid Wherefore we commaunde all men generallie and particularlie that they suffer the said declarer fullie and peacablie to enioy and vse this our present licence authoritie and permission causing all troubles and empechemēts contrary to the same clearelie to surcease and be remoued Forbidding as hereby we doe straightly prohibite forbid all other printers of the said prouinces vnited to imprinte or imitate the said booke in anie of the saide three tongues or in anye other language without the knowledge and consent of the saide ambassadour or his successor in office to sell or distribute the same either within the said Prouinces vnited or elsewhere without the same vpon pain of arbitrary correction and to forfait L. l. for a fine For so haue we found it conuenient Giuen at Delft the 15. of Ianuarie 1585 Ad Meetkerke In the absence of my Lord the Earle by thorder of the counsellers of estate abouesaide I. VAN LANGEN ●…resent woorke 〈…〉 the second his Cosen germaine 〈…〉 e vviues 3 ●…ONOR the sister of themperour Charles the fift by whome ●…he had one sonne named Charles that died in his infancie and Marie that died vnmaried 6 ●…LPHONSVS ●●o was made ●●rdinall 7 HENRIE who was also made Cardinal and after king by the death of Kinge Sebastìan 8 EDVVARDE who married Theodosia Duches of Bergantia of whome issued ●…ARIE who married 〈…〉 nder Prince of Par 〈…〉 whome are issued 〈…〉 children KATHERINE who married the Duke of Bergantia Edwarde who died and was neuer married 9 ANTHONIE who died in his infancie The explanation of the true and lawfull Right and Tytle of the most excellent Prince Anthonie the firste of that name King of Portugall as touching his warres against Phillip king of Castile and his Subiectes and adherents for the Recouerie of his kingdome Together with a briefe history of all matters passed vpon that occasion vntill the yeare of our Lord. 1583. WHen Iohn the second of that name King of Portugall was departed out of this mortall life without any issue of his bodie lawfully begotten then liuing For his onely legittimate sonne Alfonsus while his Father was liuing dyed at Santaren by the fall of a horse The kingdome of Portugall descended or rather was giuen by election of the people vnto Emanuell the first of that name sonne of Ferdinando who was vncle to the same king John This was that king Emanuell whiche in the time of his Reigne conquered and annexed to his crowne a good part aswell of the East as of the West Indies together with diuers Cities and Townes of Affrica which at this day remaine subiect to the kinges of Portugall The whiche king Emanuell had three wiues the first whereof was Isabell the eldest daughter of Ferdinando and Jsabell king and queene of Castile which queene Isabell wife of the said king Emanuell dyed in child-bed after she had brought forth her first and onely son Michaell who when he was declared and sworne Prince of Castile and Portugall dyed in his yong yeares whereupon the said king Emanuell tooke to his second wife Marie the second daughter of the said king Ferdinando and queene Jsabell his wife By whiche Marie he had nine children The first whereof was John the third who succeeded his father in the kingdome and tooke to his wife Catherine the daughter of Phillip the first of that name king of Castile and Archeduke of Austriche c. The seconde childe was Jsabell who married the Empeorour Charles the fifte of whome isissued three children to wit Phillip the second of that name nowe King of Castile Marie who married the Emperour Maximilian the seconde of that name and Iane who was married to John prince of Portugall the sonne of King Iohn the thirde of that name The thirde childe of the sayde King Emanuell was Beatrice who marryed Charles Duke of Sauoy The fourth was Lodowike who as it hath beene since founde was secretlye married to one Jolenta of honest parentage of a singular beawtye adorned with vertue and good quallities by whome hee had one onely sonne named Anthonie who is the same partye of whome and concerning whose righte and tytle this treatise principallye maketh mention The fift childe of the sayde King Emanuell was Ferdinando who married a daughter of the Earle of Marialua in Portugall by whome hee had two sonnes who dyed while their father and mother were lyuing The sixte was Alfonsus who was made Cardinall and so dyed without issue The seuenth was Henrye who lykewise was made Cardinall and prymate of Portugall and after that King by the death of King Sebastian as heereafter in this treatise more at large shall bee declared The eyght childe was Edwarde who married Theodosia Duchesse of Bergantia by whome hee had three children that is to say Mary who marryed Alexander Prince of Parma of whome are issued three children also Katherine who marryed Iohn Duke of Bergantia And Edwarde who dyed vnmarryed The ninthe chylde and laste sonne of the sayde King Emanuell of his sayde seconde marryage was Anthonie who also dyed in his infancye The

Bishop of Guardia The next day after his maiesties comming to this place he sent his Agent to Santaren to declare to the gouernour and Magistrates of the Towne how he was determined to come thither praying them to receaue and defend him in case thennemy pursued him thither Wherevpon the gouernour and Magistrates vppon notice of the Kinges comming went with a great companye of the Citizens to meet him halfe a myle without the Towne and there very humblye receaued him not without great lamentation for that which had happened at Lisbon the day before and so conducted him to the royall palace of the City offering all with one accorde to spende their liues and gooddes in his defence if he woulde staye there Bur for that the Towne was not verye strong nor conuenientlye furnished with a garrison munitions of warre and other necessaryes to abyde a siege he stayed there onely twoo dayes to heale his woundes and then tooke his iourney towarde Porto of Portugall a sea towne indifferent strong about fifty myles from Lisbon whither the Duke of Aluaes armye easely coulde not passe where the Kinge might haue conuenient place and oportunitie to repayre his armie and stay for ayde which he hoped for out of Fraunce or England In this iourney the king Don Anthonio was accompanyed by the Byshop of Guardia the Erle of Vimioso Emanuell de Sylua then gouernour of the sayde Citie of Santaren Peter de Meneses and his maiesties Agent beeing all of his priuie counsell with manye other Lordes Gentlemen and other persons of great worshippe and calling to the number of about twoo hundred horsemen and a thousande footemen And in the same by reason of his woundes became so weake and feeble that he coulde not abyde to sit his horse nor be carryed in his Litter but was dryuen to be borne vppon mens shoulders Then comming to the Towne of Montemaior not farre from Col●mbre his maiestie stayed there six daies to refresh himselfe and cure his woundes gathering men togeather in the meane space to aboute the number of eyghte thousande wherewith he martched to the Citye of Auero and was in all places as he passed through the countrey receaued and acknowledged as Kinge notwithstanding that the Kinge of Castile had alreadye subdued Lisbon the chiefe Cytye of the kingdome When the sayde Kinge Don Anthonio drewe neere to this Cytye of Auero hee sommoned thinhabitantes to take his parte and topen the gates of their Cytie vnto him according to their oathe Vppon refusall whereof on theire behalfe madehee gaue in charge to therle of Vimioso whome after that hee made Counstable of Portugall to doe his endeuour to take it by force giuing also the spoyle of the Cytye to the souldiours And thoughe it were well furnished with munitions of warre and other necessaries yet the greater parte of the Citizens refufed to make resistaunce againste Kynge Anthonies men insomuche that the Towne was taken easily by scaling the walles and otherwise and so brought vnder his obedience and sacked But yet vppon the taking of the same his maiestie gaue suche order that the soldiours exceeded not in their insolencie so that all thinges were soone in quietnesse his maiestie lodging there first in the monasterye of rhe dominican freres by the space of three dayes wente from-thence to a verye fayre large house pleasauntlye scituated vppon the riuer and beelonging to Francisco de Tauares a gentleman who a little before was gone to the king of Castile to sue for pardon bycause he had saluted and acknowledged king Anthonie for king When Kinge Anthony had caused certaine traytours in this Cyty to be executed by order of law he continued his iourney towarde the said towne of porto of Portugall lykewise sommoning the citizens of the same to acknowledge him for their king and to open the gates of their cyty vnto him In this towne was then gouernor Pantaleon de Sà brother of Frauncis de Sà one of the three gouernours which presentlye after Don Anthonie was chosen King fled to the king of Castile This gouernour being likewise wonne to the King of Castiles side was a meane with other of his complices that entrance into this towne was denyed to King Anthony his maiestie conceauing greate displeasure thereat assembled men from all partes thereaboutes to encrease his armie made al possible preparation to passe ouer the Ryuer and take the towne by force When all thinges necessary for the siege were in a readines as the king was marching with all his hoste against the town hauing in his campe about twelue thousand men and yet the most of them vnarmed the Citizens began presentlye to ryse in such a mutinie against Pantaleon the gouernour and his complyces who pretended to resist Don Anthonio and his men that the sayde gogouernor and his pertakers had much a doe to saue themselues by flight from the furye of the people whereby it came to passe that al the religious and clergy men of the towne camme foorth to meete the King beseeching his maiestie to pardon the Cytizens in that they had not yeilded the towne into his hands vpon the first sommonce according to their alleagence and the dutye of their oath Whereupon the King in thend was content of his naturall clemēcie to pardon their offence vpon condition they should compound with the souldiours to whome he had graunted the sacking of the towne By reason whereof the Citizens promised for the safegarde of the same from sacking to giue the souldioures a hundred thousande Duckets And so the Kinge at his entraunce into the towne was honorablye receaued by the Citizens whereupon his maiestie presently sent the Bishop of Guardia from thence with al speede to the next prouince called Entre dueroe Minho to encourage thinhabitans and gather men victuals for thaugmenting and prouision of his campe and so stayed certaine daies in the same towne expecting aide and gunpowder from Fraunce Nowe the Duke of Alua vnderstanding howe Kinge Anthony was come to Porto and there encresed his army feared least his Maiesty should receaue aide from Fraunce and therefore in all hast sente Sancho de Auila sometime gouernour of the Castle of Antwerp with two thousand horsemen and eyght thousand foote men Artillerie and all other munitions and necessarye prouision of warre to besiege the saide towne of Porto who ariued there about thirtie daies after King Don Anthonio came thither Nowe when the said King Don Anthonio was informed of thenimies comming he gaue order to all townes where they should passe to giue them free passage without resistaunce for that his maiestie coulde not defende them by reason he wanted horsemen and gunpowder and that the greatest part of his souldiors which serued him in the getting of Porto were retyred hoame to their owne houses When Sancho Dauila was come before the Towne of Porto hee stayed with his armie and planted his artillery vppon the farther side of the riuer of Dureto ouer against Porto from

he slewe aboute sixe hundred spanyardes therin and had her rendred vnto him howbeit at the very same instant he was so furiously assailed by the marquis of saint Crosse himselfe cōming in a very great strōg ship called the galeon saint Martin that in the end he was vanquished for want of ayde For hee was not ayded by anye other sauing onelye the sayde Erle of Brissack who fighting valiantlye with two shippes greatelye endomaged thennimie but yet at laste seeing himselfe sore wounded and that he laboured in vaine being not seconded by others as was convenient he made his retrait in tyme retourning into Fraunce with the losse of manye of his men and his shippes in euill plight Duringe this greate battaile the Lorde of Sansolenne viceadmyrall to the Lorde Strossi and the lorde of Fumei captaine of fiue shippes for wante of winde as they pretended neuer inuaded thennemies These two lordes when they sawe the lord Strossi ouercome retyred with twentie shippes to king Anthony into thisle of Tercera His Maiestie vppon notice of thill successe of the battayle cōceaued greate sorrowe as he had good cause and that moste specially for the deathes of the lordes Strossi the Constable both lordes of greate valor and tooke it in verye euill parte that Sansolenne and Fumei had so miserablye forsaken them in the battayle These lordes of Sansolenne and Fumei shortly after by his maiesties lycence retyred into Fraunce leauing in thislande about two thousand and fiue hundred frenche souldioures for the defence of the Kings person in case thennemye woulde assalte thisle But the Marquis of sainte Crosse hauing loste in the battayle aboute two thousande of his best soldiours durst attempte no further againste thislande of Tercera but onelye stayed for the fleete whiche came out of the Easte and Weste Indyes and when they were ioyned with him hee tooke them vnder his conduction and so retourned presently towarde Spayne with all his atmye Vppon the aduertisement whereof King Don Anthonio with all expedition gathering together all the shippes aswell frenche as others whiche were at the sayde Islande of Tercera and other places there aboutes to the number of seuen and thurtye shippes embarqued himselfe with two thousande frenche souldioures and as manye Portugalls to thintent to passe therewith to thislande of Madera belonging to the Crowne of Portugall but then holden by the King of Castile But when the monethe of October was come at what tyme the sea beginneth greatelye to swell in those parties there arose so mighty and furious a tempest in the middest of their iourney with a contrary wind that it was vnpossible for thē to passe any further and for their shippes to keepe company together but being dispersed diuerse waies arryued with great trauaile and daunger part in Fraunce and parte with the Kinge in thisle of Tercera After the Kinge had soiourned there aboute twentye dayes and sette suche order in thislande as was conuenyente hee departed from thence with fiue shippes towarde Fraunce and arriued there with the helpe of a fauourable wynde within twelue dayes taking in his companye Ciprian de Figuereds who till then had gouerned the sayde Islandes of Assores and appointing in his place Emanuell de Silua Earle of Torres Vedras of whome more shall be spoken hereafter His maiestie beeing arriued in Fraunce was there agayne verie honorablye receaued aswell by the moste Christian kinge as by the Queene-mother who then offred to giue him any assistance to preuaile against his ennemye and as time and occasion should serue to restore him to his kingdome naminge vnto him shortelye after the Duke of Ioyence for generall of tharmies Whiche for that cause shoulde thereafter be prepared But in the meane tyme the kinge of Castile seeking all possible meanes for the cause afore alleaged to bring the sayde Island of Tercera and the rest of thislandes of Assores vnder his subiection appointed therefore to be prepared for the yere following another myghtie and greate armye of manye gallyons galeies other vessels both greate and small to the number of a hundred and twentye Of whiche nauye the Marques of sainct Crosse was appoynted generall agayne In the meane space King Don Anthony vnderstanding thereof omitted nothing that might tend to the defence and preseruation of thisle For by the fauour assistance of the queenemother hee prepared a Nauye and leuied two thousande frenche soldiours to bee for that cause employed vnder the conduction of Mounsir de Chartres a noble gentleman and of greate valour of whome the queenemother had made speciall choyse amongest manye for that seruice This Mounsyr de Chartres with the sayde nauie and number of soldiours aboute the beginning of spring tyme departed towarde the sayde Isle of Tercera to furnishe it with a stronge garrison and defende it againste thinuasion of the King of Castile arriued there with a fauourable wynde without anye misfortune Nowe when the Kinge of Castiles armie was ready amounting to a hundred and twentie sayles and ten or twelue thousande fighting menne the Marques of sainct Crosse departed with the same from Lisbone about thende of Iune 1583. and arriued before the sayde Isle of Tercera the foure and twenty of Iuly following and hauing spent two or three daies in viewing where to land his men beste vppon the thirde daye after by the●lpe and benefite of his Galleyes which contrary to many mens opinions he brought thither he landed his men of war in a certaine place least suspected by the captaines inhabitants of thisland where remained but a verie small garrsion By reason whereof it came to passe that before the principall body of the garrisō which was two miles of could come thither then'nimy had leasure to land almost tenne thousande fighting men and had halfe intrenched them Firste therefore Mounsyr de Chartres came thyther in all expedition with his regimente of Frenchemen and hotlye skirmished with the enemies wherein manye were slayne on eyther side but specially of the Spanyardes At laste also came therle of Torres Vedras gouernoure of the Isle with a good number of Portugall souldioures and men of the Islande well armed and sufficientlye trayned And perceauing in what case thinges stood treated with Mounsyr de Chartres touching the ioyning of present battayle with the ennemy Herevpon they all prepared themselues to fight the squadrons being set in order are apoynted to march against the ennemy But for that the Marquise had twice as many men in his army as were in King Anthonies and also it seemed very late in the day to gyue this battayle the sayde Erle propounded to Mounsyr de Chartres to differre it tyll the next daye and that in the meane space he would cause victuals gunpouder munition and other necessaries to be brought into a conuenient place amongst the rockes of the Isle to the intent to make their retraite thither to staye for ayde out of Fraunce or the other Islandes if they fortuned to loose the victory

to yeilde them selues into the sayde king of Castiles subiection and obedience With this answere the king of Castile was highly offended and therefore within shorte space after prepared an armye by sea amounting to aboute three thousand men whereof Peter Baldez was Captaine who arriued with his nauie well appointed in the beginning of Iune 1581 neere thisle of Tercera the strongest of of all thislandes of Assores and albeit the same Islande remained vnfurnished not onely of souldiours but also of armour gunpowder and other necessaries fit for the warres yet by Ciprian Figueredo his vertue and industrie whome the inhabitantes of thisland had chosen for their Captayne thennimie was repulsed with the losse of aboute seuen hundred of his spanyards all olde souldiours and amongest them many of the chiefe gentlemen that first sette foote on land who were all presently slayne which spectacle caste such a feare into the rest of tharmy remaining in the shippes that none of them durst come a lande insomuche that Baldez with this foyle was driuen to returne into Portugall to his greate shame Aboute the same tyme when Kinge Don Anthonio was as is aforemencioned come to Calais hee stayed not long there but passed with all expedition into England from whence he presentlye dispatched a Carauell towarde the saide Islande of Tercera with letters to Ciprian de Figueredo aduertising him of the successe of his voyage and howe he was arriued in health in the realme of England Vppon the receipte of these letters Ciprian himselfe and all thinhabitants of thislande conceaued suche ioy as is scant possible to be beleued For manye of them thought his maiestie had bene eyther dead or fallen into thandes of his enemy notwithstanding the Constable and Anthonye de Britto Pimentill had perswaded certaine of thislanders who repaired into Fraunce to inquire newes of him howe his highnesse was come thither and for a certaine respectt kept himselfe secrete in a Castle whereat thislanders greatly reioyced whome Cipryan confirmed in this good opinion although he supposed the same to be cunningly inuented as in truth it was by the Constable and Anthonie de Britto to encourage the people and keepe them in good deuotion toward his maiestie who came not into Fraunce till a good while after But it fell so out that this was no small furtherance to thobteyning of the victorie whereof mention is before made Ciprian and the rest of thinhabitantes of thisland sending backe the carauell to his highnesse certified him of the victorie obteyned which was gotten but two dayes before the comming of the Carauell offering their ready seruice to spend their liues and goodes for the maintenance of his maiesties authoritye and preseruation of thislance as they had alreadye done At the retourne of this Carauell into Englande Kinge Anthonie was there still preparing an Armie wherewith hee purposed to meete the fleete which was to come that yere to Spaine and Portugall from thest and west Indies But But for asmuch as it was after knowne to be then to late to execute thenterprise it remained in suspence without anye thinge effected that yere Wherfore King Anthonie departed out of England and in the moneth of October following arriued at the hauen of Diepe and passed from thence to Parris where he was honorably receaued aswell by the most Christian king as by the Queenemother The King of Castile considering howe greatelye it stoode him vppon to subdue the saide Ilandes of Assores and specially Tarcera as the most principalle and chiefest amongst them that hee might therby better assure his nauigation from the East West Indies determined to prepare a greate and puissant armye by Sea for the yeare following 1582. Vppon notice whereof King Anthonie gaue aduertisement of the same presently to the queene-mother She for the repression of the Kinge of Castiles purpose gaue order for the preparation of another armye by sea in Fraunce for Kinge Anthony appoynting her cosen the lorde Phillip Trossi generall of the same and the countie of Brissake for his lieuetennant This armye consisted of seuen and fiftye shippes of warre aswell great as small and foure or fiue thousande souldiours with aboute sixe hundred frenche gentlemen of name and armes and certen Portugalles King Don Anthonio determined to goe personally in the same armye to see the sayde Islandes of Assores and thanke his good and faithfull subiectes thinhabitantes of the same for theire duties and loyaltye thitherto shewed vnto him and withall most principall to maintayne militarye discipline amongest his soldiours meaning also by the waye to take thisle of saint Michaell one of the greatest of thislandes of Assores and then possessed by the Kinge of Castile Whereuppon aboute the ende of Iune 1582 his maiestie sayled from Belisle with his sayde armye and arriued before sainct Michaels Isle the three and twentie of Iuly following whiche presentlye yeilded to his highnesse by reason thinhabitantes were well affectioned towarde him sauing certen traytors who were constrayned with the spaniardes that lay there in garrison to about the nūber of eyght hūdred to flyinto a strong Castle there In whiche Island Kinge Anthony landed with the principall heades of his army many of his Captaynes and soldiours where his maiestie was well and humbly receaued by his subiectes according to their duties But the thyrde day after they spyed approching towarde the sayde Islande the King of Castiles nauy vnder the conduction of the Marquis of sainct Crosse bringing therein aboute nine or ten thousande fightinge men By occasion whereof it was thoughte necessarye for all them whiche were gone a lande to repayre backe to theire shippes and to prepare themselues for the battayle howbeit the lorde Strossi the Cōstable and others of aucthoritye counselled and intreated kinge Don Anthonye to absent himselfe from the battayle and to rytire into thislande of Tercera and not to hazarde his person in a doubt full battayle sith thereof depended the libertye not onely of the people of Portugall but also of all the reste of Christiandome The King was against their aduise a good while but in the ende ouer come with their reasons he resolued to followe their counsell and in a little Carauell together with his agent Edward de Castro and certen others was conueyed into the saide Isle of Tercera leauing in tharmye the Constable with aboute two hundred Portugalles aswell gentlemen as others who came to his Maiestie into Fraunce The next daye being the sixe and twentith of Iulye the Lorde Strossi hauing sette his armie in order determined himselfe first of all to aborde thenimie and therefore comming oute of a greate and mightie ship of seuen hundred tonnes which serued for thadmirall of his armye he shipped himselfe with the Constable and many gentlemen aswell Frenchemen as Portugalles in an other shippe of smaller burthen whiche sayled well wherewith hauing ouercome sonke certen of thennimies shippes hee set so fiercelye vppon the Marquis his viceadmirall conducted by Don Lopus de Figueroa that

Alleadging withall that the ennemyes army could not stay long about the sayd Island for want of a hauen and speciallye how the galleis could not abyde the Ocean sea when it began to swell which happened commonlye about the moneth of August then beeing at hand further how the ennemye with all his armye could not long remayne there if the commoditye of victuals were taken from him When Mounsyr de Chartres had conferred with his captaines about these matters some were of aduise to giue present battayle others and the greater part resolued with the Erle to differre it till the next day The Erle beeing aduertised of this resolution called before him certayne of the chiefe Portugall captaynes declaring vnto them what had passed in this matter exhorting them to keepe diligent watch that night that none of their souldiours departed from the campe But when the Portugals who before were willing to ioyne battayle vnderstood the differring of the same tyll the next day their heartes began to faint insomuch that by little and little they forsooke the campe and wente home to their houses Vpon the vnderstanding whereof the Erle distrusting the victory conueyed him selfe about midnight with ten or twelue of his company out of the campe to the intent to saue him selfe by flight as appeared afterwardes by certaine barques which he had prepared for that purpose yet faining to make present returne But on the morow after thinking with his companie to be embarked he was disappointed by certaine women dwelling aboute the place where the barques laie who brake them in peeces to stop his passage Then seeing him selfe in this aduersitie and deceiued of his expectation he went in dispaire and hid himselfe in the best sort he could among the rockes Nowe when it was light day Mounsir de Chartres hearing no newes of therle and perceiuing howe in a manner all the Portugalles were gone from the camp thought no other but that therle had withdrawne himselfe with his Portugalls to the rocks according to his speeche had the daie before Whereupon presentlie the saide Mounsyr de Chartres setting al his men in order of battell marched straight to that place which therle had before nominated vnto him But forasmuche as he founde there neither the saide earle nor victuals and other necessaryes which hee had promised to conuaie thither Therefore hee assembled all his Captaines and officers with the cheefe of the Portugalles which yet stayed in the campe to consult what was best to be done Thereupon they al concluded how it was best to agree with the enimy Insomuche that vpon conference had betweene him and them at last a conclusion was made whereby it was lawfull for all the souldiers aswell frenchmen as Portugalls to depart with bag and baggage out of the Island whithersoeuer they would leauing behind them their armor Ensignes and Drummes Also the enimie promised to furnish them with ships victualles for their passage Howbeit the saide earle of Torres Vedras and certaine naturall borne subiectes of thisle were excepted out of this treatie agreement whose pardon thennimie would in no wise yeelde to graunt After this composition thus made all thisle was miserably sacked by the space of 3 dais many of thinhabitants hanged Emanuel Serradas beheaded who a little before by king Anthonies commandement had taken sacked thisle of Caboverde neither could therle of Torres vedras escape his fortune for the 3. day after thagreement made he was found among the rocks by meanes of a maid-slaue bewraying him therupon was also beheaded And although the losse of this Islande of Tercera with thothers depending therof was vnto the said king Don Anthonie a great lamentable misfortune yet for all that neuer abating his courage he hath alwaies reposed his confidence in God and thuprightnes of his iust cause hoping by the grace of almighty God good assistance of Christian princes at last to recouer his kingdom which the king of Castile hath tirannicallie taken from him as wee are taught by many histories how the raign of tyrāts lasteth not lōg And this is the verie reason that hitherto the saide King Don Anthonie hath refused all manner of cōposition with the said king of Castile notwithstanding he hath had very large offers at his hands of some of the which and specially of the cheefest it shall not bee from the purpose here to make rehersall It is therfore conuenient to be knowne how the king of Castile by Christopher de mora his ambassador in Portugall offered vnto Don Anthonie yeerely before he was created king 500 thousand duckats and the gouernorship of Portugall during his life with the free disposition of all offices benefices and dignities aswell ecclesiasticall as temporall falling void in that time within al the kingdō of Portugal vpon cōditiō that he shold renoūce his actiō to the kingdō of Portugal Afterwards whē Don Anthony was ouercōe wādred in great dāger in deserts vnfrequēted places the king of Castile gaue in charge to Ieronimo de mendoza a gētlemā cōmander of thorder of the knights of S Iames to endeuor by al possible means to come to the speech of Don Anthonies agent to propoūd some other meane of agremēt Therfore this Jeronimo de Mendoza taking in his cōpany Emanuell of Portugall a speciall friend of the said agent and vncle to therle of Vimioso came to the wife of the said agēt to a house of his about 8. miles frō Lisbon deliuering vnto her a safe cōduct frō the king of Castile for the surety of her husbands persō with particular letters directed to him desired her to send them to him assoone as she could learn wher he was telling her it was a matter of very great importāce which he had to treat vpō with him wher of depēded the wealth tranquilitie generallie of al the kingdō of Portugal particularly of the said Don Anthony her husbāde his agent It fortuned that within 8. dayes after the saide agent ignorant hereof came fecretly to his wife to thintēt to take order for the saide king Don Anthonies first shipping which he thought to haue taken at Lisbon leauing the same king Don Anthonio 2. miles from thence in a secrete place where he was to stay til al thinges were ready for his embarking in a ship which thē vnladed at Lisbō beeing couertly sent thither for that purpose by the sayde queene mother with maister Peter Dor a gentleman of great wisedome and discretion who alwayes had been well inclyned to King Anthonies side and had expresse commaundement to inquyre whether he were dead or alyue Now when the sayde King Don Anthonie vnderstoode by his Agent what Ieronimo de Mendoza propounded from the king of Castil he was very vnwilling to consent that his sayde Agent shoulde enter into any communication with him fearing it was but a drift to entrap his sayde Agent and yeelde him prisoner into the King of Castiles handes but yet the