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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

was priuily had concluded but the truth was hee had hearde it by reporte of others by reason hee was houshold seruant to Iolentaes parents The King by reason thereof was mooued immediately to sent for all the Actes depositions of witnesses instruments exhibited on the behalfe of Don Anthonio before the said Bishop and conseruator to proue his matter togeather with the sentēce giuen thereupon al the which being brought before him he caused to bee cast into the fire would not admit any other witnesses profes which the said Agent offered yet further to produce in the same cause amongst the which were diuerse religious men of good calling who had bin confessors to the saide Lodowike besides diuers other witnesses of good credite estimamation Howbeit the king contemning and reiecting all the same contrary to all order of law gaue sentence whereby he pronounced the former sentence before giuen by the said bishop and conseruator to be void of no force or effect And thereuppon gaue order to the high marshal of the kingdom called Edward de Castle branco whom since the Kinge of Castile hath made one of the chiefe Treasorers of the kingdom that he should binde and bring Don Anthonio to the Courte as Captiue prisoner and commaunded that the two witnesses which remained prisoners should be bannished but contrariwise greatly rewarded him that had altered his deposition graūting vnto him a crossado of the knights of thorder of Saint Iames withall the rent and reuenues thereunto appertayning but Don Anthonio beeing in due time aduertised of all these things remooued immediately from the Cytie of Colymbre so that the marshall came thither in vaine so retourned to Lisbone Assoone as the said sentence was giuen Don Anthonies Agent sent a supplycation to the byshoppe of Rome complayning of the great iniustice done to Don Anthonio by the king beseeching the said bishop to voutchsafe his ayde to Don Anthonio by remedy of lawe againste that sentence so wickedly giuen and also to inhibite the Kinge that by force of the same hee shoulde proceede no further nor execute any thing against the sayd Don Anthonie Vpon the exhibiting of this supplication the Pope with all expedicion caused his letters pattents to bee dispatched whereby hee declared the sayde sentence of Kinge Henry to be altogether voyde and of no force most specially for that he had rashly proceeded to to sentence diffinitiue withoute commission or authoritie forasmuch as the former letters by vertue whereof he proceeded against the sayde Don Anthonio conteyned no other matter sauing onely that hee might heare and examine all the witnesses and receaue therewithall all instrumentes and suche like thinges whereby Don Anthonio ment to prooue his cause and that vpon the hearing of the witnesses and the cause duly pleaded all the actes instruments and proofes should be sent to the sayde Bishop of Roome that hee mighte Iudge and determine of the same as hee shoulde thinke to bee most conuenient Expresly commaunding the sayde Kinge Henry to proceede no further nor attempt any thing against Don Anthonies person by vertu of the said sentence giuen against him by the same kinge Henrye but to sende vnto the Pope all thactes instruments and proofes produced before king Henry on the beehalfe of Don Anthonio to thintent the cause mighte bee decided and Iudged by the Pope himselfe or such Iudges as he should appoint When these letters were by the Popes legate denounced to king Henry immediately theruppon the same kinge commanded Don Anthonies Agent within ten dayes vpon payne of death to departe out of his kingdome bycause the king vnderstoode the Popes letters were obtained through his industrie and and diligence by reason whereof the same Agent vppon this commaundemente departed presentlye from Lysbone to a monasterie of Castile adioyning to the borders of the kingdome of Portugall Nowe when king Henry by reason of the Popes inhibition could proceed no further nor attempt any thing against Don Anthony by vertue of the said sentence he determined to take another course for thexecution of his rancour against him Wherupon vnder pretence and coloure that Don Anthony had come within six miles of his Court contrary to his commaundement hee commaunded him likewise uppon paine of death to depart oute of his kingdome within fifteene dayes declaring and decreeing with all that by the same occasion he had forfaited all his right whiche he pretended to the kingdome commaunding moreouer that none of Don Anthonies seruants vpon paine of death should attend serue their maister in that extremitie This most hard and rigorous sentence he presently caused to be signified to Don Anthonio then being at the saide towne of Colimbre whereof when the Burgesses of the towne and chiefelye the schollers of thuniuersitie there amongst whome remained many of the nobilitye were aduertised there arose such trouble that they put them selues in armes crying euery where in the towne howe King Henry doting with age and mooued with hatred against Don Anthonie would deliuer the kingdome of Portugall into thandes of the Kinge of Castile and for the same occasion had giuen this rigorouse sentence against him Wherefore they would not suffer him in this manner to bee expelled out of the kingdome Offering themselues to bee his valiaunt and faithfull defenders herein and ready to spende their lyues and goodes for his safetye Neuerthelesse Don Anthonio not mynding to stirre vppe anye tumulte in the Realme for his cause gaue greate thankes to the multitude for their readye good will and affection towarde him desiring them to pacifie and content themselues For hee was wholy determined to obey the kinges commaundement in hope that when his Maiestye had better weighed the matter hee woulde at the last reuoke the same sentence whereuppon hauing by this meane pacified the tumulte and dismissed thassemblye hee departed towarde the kingdome of Castile and wente to the same place whither his Agent within a fewe dayes beefore was gone whiche was a monasterie of Franciscan Fryers distant one myle from the towne of Valentia of Alcantara When the king of Castile vnderstoode of Don Anthonioes bannishment out of Portugall hee sent letters forthwith to all Gouernours Maiors and other highe officers of his townes Castles Borowghes and Villages bordering towarde Portugall to shewe vnto him in case he resorted thither all manner of courtesie and honorable entertainmente but yet neuerthelesse to take heede and haue speciall regarde that he retourned no more into Portugall Thereuppon the saide Agent vppon aduertisemente to him thereof giuen required a specyall friende of his then remayning in Portugall neere the confines of Castile to spye oute in those quarters some secrete place farre from the common passages where Don Anthonie might saelye remayne for a certaine space In the meane while when thagent vnderstoode what daye Don Anthonie woulde come to the monasterie hee caused a notarie of the saide towne of Valentia to come thither the very same day by whome assoone

the same by their last willes and testamentes for the discharge of their consciences notwithstanding that it was alwaies kept verye secret through the endeuour of the said Lodowike aswel in respect of thine quallitye of the persons as also for that the publishinge thereof was not materiall at that time for that Don Anthonio was brought vp to be a Priest and Churchman and for that also there were then many other heyres of the kingdom that were nearer to the Crowne then he When Don Anthonio had receaued the same aduertisement he opened the matter to King Henry his vncle and besought him to voutchsafe the examitation thereof and to graunte that hee might produce certaine witnesses and poofes whereby the truth of the matter myght bee founde oute and manifestlye knowne for the auoydinge of all controuersies and warres which otherwise were lyke to arise betweene them who after the death of the sayde Kinge Henry myghte pretende Tytle to the kingdome For sithe hee was the onelye sonne of the sayde Lodowike seconde sonne of the sayde Kinge Emanuell if his byrth bee prooued to bee legittimate hee necessarilye excluded and barred all others that by tytle of consanguinitye myghte aspyre or pretende tytle to the succession of the kingdome notwithstanding there were anye of the children liuing who were beegotten of the daughter of the sayde Kynge Emanuell which was elder then the sayde Lodowike her brother forasmuche as the kingdome of Portugall falleth not by succession to the woman nor anye other descending of her When Kynge Henrye had vnderstandinge thereof beeing a verye olde manne as afore is aleaged and fearing least himselfe shoulde in case Don Anthonio were proued to bee borne in lawfull marriage bee depriued of his kingdome he conceaued so greate indignation thereat that immediatlye hee bannished Don Anthonio Thirtye myles from his courte with expresse commaundemente that hee shoulde not presume to retourne thither vntill his Maiestye shoulde take further order in that behalfe Thereuppon Don Anthonio yeilding his obedience to the same commaundemente made his repayre to the Cytie of Columbria being foure and thyrtie myles from Lysbone where at that tyme Kinge Henry kepte his Courte But yet neuerthelesse the sayd Don Anthonio lefte at Lisbone the sayde auntient seruaunte of his fathers from whome hee had receaued the sayde aduertisemente who at the same tyme was in the seruice of the sayde Kinge Henry and verye farre in his fauoure To this man the sayd Don Anthonio at his departing from Lisbone gaue a speciall charge to sollycite his cause to the Kinge in his absence with all endeuoure and diligence The which the same Minister promised with all fidelitye to accomplishe and made humble petition to Kinge Henry that with his good fauour and lycence hee might prosecute the affayres of the sayde Don Anthonio Whiche the Kinge not onelye graunted but also expressely commaunded him so to doe When the said Agent had receaued this aunswere of the King he required Emanuell Bishop of Almada then conseruator of the priuileges of the order of the Knights of saint Iohn at Thisle of Malta competent Iudge of the sayde Don Anthonio as prior of Crato of the same order To receaue and heare the depositions of witnesses and certain documents and instruments wherby the said Don Anthonio intended to verifie and proue himself to be issued of a lawfull marriage praying the sayd Bishop neuerthelesse to keepe the matter very secrete least the King by vnderstanding the same shoulde conceaue some newe displeasure Whereuppon the sayde Byshoppe proceeded in the examination of the cause Before whome were produced three witnesses who perfectlye with lawfull circumstaunces deposed that they were present at the celebration of Marriage betweene the sayde Lodowike and Iolenta parentes of the sayd Don Anthonio Also there was broughte and produced beefore the sayde conseruatour the Testament of one Rui Celema who while hee liued was knowne to bee a verye honest credible man of approued integritie and was seruaunte to Don Anthonios Father and in good estimation not only with him but also with King Henry This Rui Celema by his testament had declared that he alwaies vnderstood certaynelye knewe that the sayde Lodowike Father of Don Anthonio was secretlye marryed to Jolenta setting downe therewithall diuerse reasons whiche sufficyentlye prooue the same and bycause hee was at poynte of death and for that in tyme to comeit myghte bee expediente and beehouefull to the common wealth of the kingdome of Portugall to knowe that Don Anthonio was issued of a lawfull marryage therefore and for the discharge of his conscience hee had made true declaration thereof in his sayde Testamente There was also exhibited before the sayde Byshop the Testament of the sayd Lodowike wherby he ordeined and appointed the said Don Anthonio his son his only heire not only in al his goods Patrimoniall but also in certaine patronall rightes of greate im-Portance which were lefte vnto the saide Lodowike by the testament of his brother Ferdinando and his wife who as is aforesaide dyed without children Further there were produced before the sayde Bishop other witnesses of good calling and credite who deposed that King John the third of that name immediatlye after the death of the sayd Lodowike his brother gaue vnto Don Anthonio the signet and Armes of his father commaunding him to vse the same frankly and freely without barre or breach in as ample manner as his sayd father had the vse thereof as the sayd Don Anthonio hath alwayes since accordingly done Vppon the proofe of all these thinges the sayd Bishop taking vnto himselfe certaine other Iudges of the same order gaue sentence touching the same matter whereby it was pronounced and declared that the sayde Don Anthonio was the lawfull sonne of the said Lodowike and Iolenta the which sentence was also pronounced and confirmed in the Chauncerie of the saide order howbeit secretly for the cause afore aleaged In the meane tyme King Henry assembleth the estates of his kingdome to treate of diuers matters concerning the common-wealth and tranquillitie of the same and speciallye to deliberate who should be the next and meetest Heire to the crowne after his decease and yet neuerthelesse gaue expresse commaundement to Don Anthonio not to come to the said assembly but to send some deputie or agent that might represent his person there Also the same king Henry being very fearefull least Don Anthonio should proue himselfe to be legittimate required the Pope of Roome to voutchsafe to commit vnto him the hearing and examination of the cause touching the legittimation of the said Don Anthonio In the meane time the same king Henry proceedeth with the conuocation of the saide estates and commaundethe that these personages should be cited thither to wit Philip King of Castile as sonne of Isabell eldest daughter of the said King Emanuell which Isabell as is afore alleaged was married to the Emperor Charles the fift Also the Duke of Sauoy as nephew of Beatrice daughter of

make the sayde recusation in case the sayde Alfonsus woulde not admit the same Whereat the sayde Alfonsus conceaued greate displeasure and made greeuous complaint thereof to certayne speciall men that fauoured the Kinge of Castiles parte at whose handes hee obtayned so muche fauour that they went with him to king Henry to whome they declared this matter as they thought most fit for their owne purpose alleging vnto his maiestie that Don Anthonios Agent had propounded this scruple of recusation for no other intent but onelye to hinder and diuerte thelection of the sayde Iudges for this purpose that Don Anthonio after the death of the sayde king Henry might with the more facillitye attayne to the kingdome This complaint wrought so effectually in the minde of the sayde kinge Henry that forthwith without hearing the saide Agent in his answere and defence touching the same he commaunded him to be cast into close prison where he was deteined by the space of nine daies vntill the sayde Gouernors and Iudges were ordeyned and established according to the kinges will and minde Vppon the accomplishment wherof king Henry caused the sayd Agent to be deliuered out of the prison where he remained commaūding him neuerthelesse immediatlye to repaire home to his owne house and not to returne to the Court without his Maiesties speciall licence Whereby the same king most manifestlye vttered his extreme hatred against the saide Don Anthonio beeing his owne nephewe sith before that tyme as is before alleaged in this treatise he had giuen his consent to the saide Agent yea and expresly commaunded him freelye to prosecute the cause of the sayde Don Anthonio Within a while after the kinge commaunded Don Anthonio then remayning at Colimbre to repayre to his Maiestie to Lisbone to take an oath to obey the Iudgement that should be giuen touching the righte of the Crowne by the Iudges in that behalfe appoynted Affirming that the other pretenders woulde doe the like by themselues their Ambassadors or agentes Vppon this commaundement Don Anthonio came to the king and when the said oath was offered vnto him he aunswered he was ready to take the same in case the king of Castile would doe the lyke but if hee refused it there was no reason why eyther the sayde Don Anthonio or any of the other pretenders should bee constrained thereunto Notwithstanding kinge Henry persisted and in greate rage commaunded him to take his oath in so much that in thend he did so with this protestation firste made in the presence of certaine of his friendes that hee tooke not the same oathe with a franke and free will but by compulsion and commaundement of the king The next day after Don Antonio had taken this oath king Henry caused the Popes letters pattents to be shewed vnto him wherby the same Henry was constituted to take notyce and information of the cause touching Don Anthonios legittimation and theruppon commaunded him to appointe his procurer to pleade his cause before his maiesty as iudge And that yet neuertheles within foure and twentye houres the sayde Anthonie shoulde departe againe thirtie miles from the Courte Whereunto Don Anthonio answered that the King coulde not bee Iudge in the cause for two reasons thone for that he was partie himselfe thother for that in his former actions hee had plain elye shewed a great hatred against him alleaging a fresh example thereof in that the said King Henry had lately before imprisoned his Agent for prosecuting his cause as he thought conuenient by order of lawe And that therfore he doubted he coulde not finde any other that would take vppon him to pursue and follow his busines Vppon this aunswere the king with all expedicion sendeth woorde to the sayde Agent that hee might freely come to the courte and prosecute the cause of Don Anthonio denying expresly that himselfe was partie therein and therefore signifying how his will and meaning was to proceede therein yea and that he woulde proceede against the sayde Anthonie as contumax for defaulte of answere in case he refused to pleade his cause before him to informe him therin as should be meete and conuenient Wherefore King Henry graunted vnto the sayde Agent his lybertye and commaunded him to prosecute Don Anthonios cause Now when the saide agent was returned to the Court he prayed one of the kinges confessors to be a meane to his maiestie that syth he was by the kinges commaundement vrged to take vppon him the prosecution of Don Anthonies cause he might therefore freely employ and endeuoure himselfe in the same as hee shoulde thinke to bee moste meete and conuenient for the safegarde and preseruation of his maysters righte and tytle And that his maiestie woulde neyther bee displeased nor take in euill parte if he proceeded in the same sorte that hee did when as is afore recyted in this treatyse hee soughte to remooue the sayde Alphonsus of Alburquerque as a person suspected But if hee myghte not prosecute the cause freelye as appertayned then hee besought his maiestie to voutchesafe to discharge him of that burden and to graunt him lycence to returne agayne to his owne house where he dwelt when King Henry commaunded him to bee sente for to take the charge and administration of those goodes whiche Don Anthony possessed in Portugall when he remayned in Aphrica When the Kinge was aduertised hereof his maiestie gaue in commaundement agayne to this Agent to prosecute this cause freely before him in as good and ample sorte as he should thinke moste behouefull When Don Anthonie sawe himselfe thus pressed to pleade his cause before the king that his maiestie purposed to giue sentēce against him for default of answere he commaunded his Agent to nominate the witnesses which were there at hand protesting hee had yet further proofes to produce whereuppon hauing giuen perfect instructions to his Agent Don Anthonie departed from the Court within the tyme appointed by the king Then the king commaundeth those three witnesses to bee called before him whiche were produced before thaforesaid Bishop and conseruatour of the priuileges of thorder of the knights of S. Iohn at Malta Who being come before the king persisted in their former depositiōs made before the saide conseruator to wit that they were presente when marriage was secretly celebrated betweene the saide Lodowike Jolenta The king vppon the hearing thereof vsed great threatning speeches vnto thē saying he would cause them al three to be hanged in case they would not vpō their oaths confes they were wōne by promises and otherwise by Don Anthonio or some other in his behalfe to giue thaforemencioned testimony before the conseruator And when two of those witnesses affirmed that no bodie had induced or perswaded them thereunto and that their deposition therein was according to the plaine and simple trueth the Kinge caused them to be committed to prison and the thirde witnes for feare reuoked part of his former deposition saying he was not present when the said marriage