[167] See Bourne, ut supra, p. 195, from which this synopsis is taken.  The original of this bull exists in Torre do Tombo, its pressmark being “Coll. de Bullas, maco 7 deg., n deg.. 29.”  It occupies pp. 279-286 of Corpo diplomatico Portuguez, and is printed also in Alguns documentus, pp. 14-20.

[168] This military order was founded (August 14, 1318) by the Portuguese king Dionisio; its knights served against the Moors, also in Africa and India.  Pope Calixtus III invested its grand prior with the spiritual powers conferred on a bishop.  In 1522, Joao III became grand-master of the order; and in 1551 this dignity passed to the crown in perpetuo.  In 1789, this order had four hundred and thirty-four commanderies, and twenty-six villages and estates.  It is now only a civil and honorary order.

[169] See Bourne ut supra, p. 195.  The original is in Torre do Tombo, bearing pressmark “Coll. de Bullas, maco 29, n deg.. 6.  Inserta.”  This bull occupies pp. 286-296 of Corpo diplomatico Portuguez.  It is printed also in Alguns documentos, pp. 47-55.

[170] See Corpo diplomatico Portuguez, p. 296.

[171] Cape Noon (Naon, Non, Nun) is situated near the south-west extremity of the coast of Morocco; Cape Bojador (Bogiador) projects into the Atlantic at a point two degrees thirty-eight minutes farther south than Noon.

[172] See Corpo diplomatico Portuguez, p. 297, and Alguns documentos, p. 366.

[173] One of the great military orders of Spain, named for its patron St. James, and founded to protect his shrine at Compostella from incursions by the Moors.  It received papal sanction in 1175; in 1476 Ferdinand of Castile became its grand master; thus uniting the order to the crown of Spain.

[174] The letter here mentioned (see Navarrete’s Col. de viages, iv, p. 312) expresses Carlos’s regret that his negotiations with the Portuguese ambassadors regarding the ownership of the Malucos have been fruitless, and his desire that the difficulties should be amicably adjusted; he refers Joao to Zuniga for full details.

[175] Navarrete omits this section.  It will be found in the Treaty of Tordesillas.

[176] The Spanish monarch was at this time engaged in his quarrels with Francois I of France.

[177] In another letter of the same date the Emperor complains to the King of Portugal that the latter’s ambassadors have not been willing to abide by the treaty of Tordesillas in their conferences with the Castilian plenipotentiaries, “although our right to those regions discovered and taken possession of by our fleet is fully apparent from the treaties and compacts negotiated over the division of lands and the line of demarcation, and confirmed in the name of each one of us.”  Neither would they discuss the new propositions submitted to them—­“although with some prejudice to our right;” nor would