Confimatio treugarum inter Regem Angliae Eduardum
quartum, et Ioannem
secundum Regem Portugalliae, datarum in
oppido montis Maioris 8
Februarij, et apud Westmonasterium 12
Septembris, 1482, anno regni 22
Regis Eduardi quarti, lingua Lusitanica
ex opere sequenti excerpta.
Libro das obras de Garcia de Resende, que tracta da
vida e feitos del Rey
dom Ioham secundo.
Embaixada que el Ray mandou a el Rey d’Inglaterra, cap.33
Eda qui de Monte Mor mandou el Rey por embaixadores a el rey dom Duarte de Inglaterra Ruy de Sousa pessoa principal e de muyto bon saber e credito, de que el Rey muyto confiaua, e ho doutor Ioam d’Eluas, e Fernam de Pina por secretario. E foram por mar muy honradamente com muy boa companhia: hos quaes foram en nome del Rey confirmar as ligas antiquas com Inglaterra, que polla condisan dellas ho nouo Rey de hum reyno e do outro era obrigado a mandar confirmar: e tambien pera mostrarem ho titolo que el rey tinha no senhorio de Guinee, pera que depois de visto el rey d’Inglaterra defendesse em todos seus reynos, que ninguen armasse nem podesse mandar a Guinee: e assi mandasse desfazer buna armada, que pera las faziam, per mandado do Duque de Medina Sidonia, hum Ioam Tintam e hum Guilherme Fabiam Ingreses. Com ha qual embaixada el rey d’Inglaterra mostrou receber grande contentamento, e foy delle com muyta honra recebida, e em tudo fez inteiramente ho que pellos embaixadores lhe foy requerido. De que elles trouxeran autenticas [Marginal note: These writings are in the tower.] escrituras das diligencias que con pubricos pregones fizeram: e assi as prouisones das aprauasones que eran necessarias: e com tudo muyto ben acabado, e ha vontade del rey se vieram.
The Ambassage which king Iohn the second, king of
Portugall, sent to Edward
the fourth king of England, which in part
was to stay one Iohn Tintam,
and one William Fabian English men, from
proceeding in a voyage which
they were preparing fot Guinea, 1481,
taken out of the booke of the
workes of Garcias de Resende, which intreateth
of the life and acts of
Don Iohn the second, king of Portugall.
Chap. 33.
And afterwards the king sent as Ambassadours from the towne of Monte maior to king Edward the fourth of England, Ruy de Sousa, a principall person, and a man of great wisedome and estimation, and in whom the king reposed great trust, with doctor Iohn d’Eluas, and Ferdinand de Pina, as secretarie. And they made their voyage by sea very honourably, being very well accompanied. [Sidenote: The first cause of this ambassage.] These men were sent on the behalfe of their king, to confirme the ancient leagues England, wherein it was conditioned that the new king of the one and of the other kingdome, should be bound to send to confirme the olde leagues. [Sidenote: The second cause.] And likewise they had order to shew and make him acquainted with the title which the king