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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

as Don Anthonio was come hee caused a certificat or testimoniall to bee made wherein was conteined that he was then come to the sayd monastery causing the same testimoniall for the better credite of the matter to be subscribed by the chiefest religious persons of the sayde monasterye This instrument thagent sent forthwith to tharchbishop of Lisbon to be shewed to the King and wrote withall to the said Archbishop how Don Anthonio was alreadye departed from thence for thaccomplishmente of a pilgrimage which he had vowed to make when hee was captiue in Aphrica But contrariwise Don Anthonio dismissing a greate parte of his traine which hee had brought thyther wente the same daye accompanyed with his Agente and onelye two seruauntes to the secret place prepared for him where hee contynued the space of about twentye dayes but his Agente in the meane while returned presentlye to the sayde Monasterye Within fewe dayes after letters were brought to the saide Agent wherein certaine of Don Anthonios friendes wrote that it was not conuenient for Don Anthonio to absent himselfe far from the Court least after King Henryes death who was verye sickelye and full of infirmities the people shoulde bee mooued to choose the Duke of Bergantia for Kinge For as touching the Kinge of Castile hee was to bee feared in no respecte sauing onelye thinuasion of the Realme by force and violence further for asmuch as King Henry had in all places appointed spyes and likewise the Duke of Bergantia and the Kinge of Castiles Ambassadours who made dilligent searche whether Don Anthonio stayed secretlye within the limites of the Kingdome of Portugall to thintent in case hee did hee mighte then bee apprehended and put to death by vertue of that latter and most rigorous sentence giuen against him by Kinge Henrye Don Anthonios Agente vppon thunderstanding thereof appointed one of his sayde maysters seruauntes called Sebastian Figueira then remayning in the sayde Monastery a verye trustye and faithfull man to hyer a Barke in a towne neere thereunto called Brantos scituate vppon the Ryuer of Tagus and to furnishe the same with victualles and all other necessaries that Don Anthonio by the space of certayne dayes mighte bee kepte secrete in the same vppon the sayde Ryuer and so escape thandes of the spyes so when the saide Barque and all thinges seruing thereto were in a readinesse Don Anthonyo not withoute greate daunger to bee knowne and intrapped in the waye at last came to the sayde Barque and goeth aboarde the same wherein he was carryed vppe and downe and Riuer about the space of eyghte or tenne dayes without arriuing in anye Hauen but in thende beeing wearie and sickelye hee came priuilye to Lisbon and secretlye conueyed himselfe into a Priestes howse where his Agent had informed him hee mighte continue in safetie Aboute the same time or shortlye after the Kinge of Castile sent a gentleman of good calling to the sayde Agent to the monasterye where hee remayned requiring him to exhorte Don Anthonio to compounde with him touchinge the controuersie that was lyke to aryse beetweene them aboute the succession of the kingdome and for the better bringing to passe thereof the same gentleman required the sayde Agent to goe with him to Madril to the Kinge of Castile But thagente suspecting all that was propounded on the Kinge of Castiles behalfe aunswered howe the same course was not in any respecte conueniente for the King of Castile himselfe aswell for that the people of Portugall vppon thunderstanding of Don Anthonios treatye aboute agreement with his maiestye woulde bee quickelye mooued to electe the Duke of Bargantia for their Kinge as also for that the sayde Agente coulde doe nothing therein without expresse commission from Don Anthonio whome the matter concerned saying hee woulde with speede repayre vnto him aboute the same cause and in the meane tyme the sayde gentleman might make his retourne to the King of Castile Heereuppon this Gentlemanne retourned to the Kinge of Castile and the Agente in greate daunger came secretlye to Lisbone where hee founde Don Anthonio in the Priestes howse And hauing signified vnto him what hadde passed beetweene him and the Gentlemanne aforesayde Don Anthonio aunswered hee was verye glad his Agent had thus escaped the kinge of Castiles handes And as touching the making of anye accorde with the same Kinge it was farre from his meaning but his determination was rather to expecte what shoulde bee resolued and determined by the Iudges therefore ordeyned Within a little while after Don Anthonio was aduertised howe Kinge Henry was informed of his secrete beeing in Lisbone and had already serched many howses for him Vppon thunderstanding whereof hee repayred secretlie with his Agent Didaco de Carcamo Anthony de Sosa and Anthony S●●…res into a Barque whiche his sayde Agent kepte alwaies readye for a neede in the hauen of Lisbone Wherein after hee had beene by the space of a fewe dayes conueyed agayne vp and downe the riuer he receaued newes that Kinge Henry was dead Whiche happened about the beginning of Februarie 1580. When Don Anthonio was more certainelye aduertised of these newes he came forthwith to Lisbone giuing notyce of his comming to the gouernours and Captayne generall of the same Cytie who resorted presently to him to congratulate his comming offering to make him king Whereunto he answered very discreetely that king Henry was but newly deceased and howe thestates and gouernours of the kingdome were assembled to dispose of the succession of the same and that there were also other princes and potentates pretending to haue right and action thereto and therfore hee determined to expecte what shoulde bee Iudged therein by waye of Iustice The next day Don Anthonio withdrew himselfe into a monastery neere the Citie of Lisbone called Belen of thorder of S. Ierome halfe a mile from the same cytie where his grandfather king Emanuell and thother two kinges descending of him were buried And hauing there accomplished his deuotions he repaired to Santaren a myle from Almerine where the sayde Gouernoures of the kingdome were then assembled who being suborned by the King of Castiles ambassadors and very desirous to deliuer the kingdom into his hands tooke it in very euill part that Don Anthonyo came thither sith by king Henries commandement he was vpon pain of death bannished the realme Wherfore they commanded him to departe ten miles from thence vntill Kinge Henries testamente were opened thopening whereof they intended to de●●●●● 〈◊〉 the Ambassadors or deputies of thother Princes ●●●…ending ●…yt●e to the kingdome were come Hereunto Don Anthonie answered he supposed the rancour and hatred of King Henry against him had not taken so deepe roote as that he did perseuere therein to the ende but rather before his death had shewed some tokē of repentance thereof And therefore very instantly prayed them to open the sayd testament without further delay that it might be manifest what king Henry had ordeined touching the succession of the kingdom insomuch that the gouernours moued

therewith commanded the kings last will and testament to be opened in the presence of thambassadors of the king of Castile the dukes of Sauoy and Bargantia and of the Prince of Parma whereby it was found how King Henry had ordeined that the Iudges appointed to determine the matter touching the succession of the kingdom should proceede no further nor decree any thing therein vntil the cause concerning Don Anthonyes legittimation were decided by the Iudges therfore authorised by the Bishop of Rome which sufficiently proueth all the rigorous dealing of king Henry against Don Anthonie to haue proceeded rather through diffidence or for feare of the king of Castile then otherwise of any reason grounded vpon right and iustice Vpon the sight of this testament the gouernours declared to thambassadours of thother pretenders howe they could not nowe determine any thing touching the succession of the kingdome except the cause of Don Anthonies legittimation were first decided Wherefore they sent worde to Don Anthonio to prosecute the cause touching his legitimation before the Iudges thereunto authorised namely the Popes nuncye then being in Portugall and tharchbishop of Lisbone In the meane space the king of Castile hauing since the death of king Sebastian by little and litle gathered a mightie armie together vnder pretence of attempting some enterprise against Aphrica not minding to stay for iudgement in the matter of Don Anthonies legitimatiō nor in the cause of the successiō of the crowne commaunded all his men to ioyne together vnder the Duke of Alua captaine generall ouer the same armie about the towne of Badaioz in the kingdome of Castile bordering vpon the limittes of Portugall Vpon notice whereof the gouernours and Iudges authorised to decyde the cause of the succession of the kingdome sent certaine deputyes to the Kinge of Castile praying him to voutchsafe to leaue the waye of armes and take the course of iustice sith there were Iudges ordeyned to heare and examine the cause and to Iudge determine the same according to right and equity To whose Iudgement thother pretenders were readye to stande Informinge hym withall that by proceedinge to obtayne the kingdome by force of Armes hee stoode in daunger to loose all his righte and tytle thereto by meanes of a decree made for that cause by Kinge Henry whereby it was ordeyned and prouided that euerye of the pretenders goeing aboute by force of Armes to gette the kingdome and refusinge to stande to the iudgement of the Iudges aucthorised to decide the cause should thereby lose and forfaite all his righte and tytle which hee had or might pretend to the kingdome Howbeit the King of Castile who as is afore mencioned had long before hand declared how hee woulde not submitte his right to anye mannes iudgement trusting vppon his owne power and thendeuour of the sayde gouernours and other noble men whom hee had wonne to his side by giftes and fayre promises without anye regarde of that information commaunded the Duke of Alua with his army which hee had in a readinesse to proceede and inuade the kingdome of Portugall by force Vppon notice whereof the gouernors foorthwith departed from Almerin to Setuball fifteene myles from Santaren fearinge leaste the people of Portugall vppon knowledge of the Duke of Aluaes comming to inuade the realme woulde first fall vppon them and then proclaime Don Anthonio King Within a short space after the departure of the gouernors from Almerin newes came to Santaren howe the Duke of Alua had taken two townes in Portugall bordering vppon Castile to wit Eluas and campo maior Whereat the Citizens of Santaren being greatly mooued first toke counsell together for the fortifying of their towne against the violence of thennimy and therefore went in all solemnity with the clergy and nobillity to suruey and vewe the walles giue order for the beginning of the worke After that they resorted all together in great multitude to Don Anthonyo then remayning in a monastery not far from thence where ill with one voice salute call him king leading him from thence to the principall church and then to the townhowse instantly rerequiring him to accept the royall name and dignitie and to bind them to him by oath Howbeit Don Anthonio contrariwise aleged vnto them how the cause touching the succession of the Crowne was in controuersie betweene him and other Princes pretending tytle thereto wherefore he would not accept the royall name but rather expect the determination of the Iudges therfore authorised But if they would vse him as their defender he was ready to spend his life and goodes for them and the common liberty of the countrey Whereunto the Citizens of Santaren aunswered againe howe their resolution was to make him King sith the people of Portugall as is before expressed might lawfully doe it for defaulte of heyres masles in the right line Which they were the more desirous to accomplish for that the king of Castile in contempt of all other Iudgmēt would be his own iudge went about to possesse the kingdō by violence force of armes Therupon whē Don Anthonio could no longer resist he was sworne King by the three members of the same place namely the Clergie the nobillitie and the common people with erection of the Kinges standarde and all other solemnities according to the auncient custome of the countrey beinge conducted from thence with the saide standarde to a Chappell of great deuotion called Sancto Milagre and other accustomed places and last of al to the royal Pallace Of all which things publique acts were made subscribed by the said three members and therupon registred in the townhowse of the same city Vpon thaccomplishment wherof Don Anthonio protested openly in the presence of the same three members and many others that he accepted the royal name more by force then of his owne accorde and that therfore he determined to lay downe the same and expect the Iudgement of the Iudges in case the King of Castile would call backe his army which he had alredy sent into Portugal submit his cause to the iudgment of the iudges authorised as aforesaide of which protestation hee caused a publique act to bee made and enrolled the same amongest the recordes of Santaren Within three daies after Don Anthonio went to Lisbone where within a mile from the city he was mette by the ordinary garisons of the realme with their Captaines and many of the cheefe of the nobilitie amongst whom were Peter Dor a French gentleman agent for the most excellent Princesse the french queenemother M. Edward Perin eche of them with a goodly cōpany of strangers When he came to the gate of the citie there stayed for him the religious men of the three orders of the Fryers minors who receiued his maiestie with great deuotion and reuerence and in forme of procession marched before him singing Te Deum laudamus c. In this sort the king was first brought to the Cathedrall Church and in all

places where he passed the people shewed themselues so ioyfull as the like thereof was neuer seene before at thelection or receiuing of any of the saide former Kings When he came to the Cathedrall Church he was there receiued with great honour and reuerence by all the Cleargie with the celebration of all ceremonies thereunto by custome appertaining and from thence was conduced to the Regall Pallace The next day the gouernours magistrates with the most noble and principal men of the citie together with the three estats of the realme caused the royall standard to be caried before them through all the principall streets of the citie crying aloud God saue king Anthonie grant him long life In thend they came all to the said Pallace where they swore him for King binding themselues to him by othe● whereof likewise publique actes were made Don Anthonio making protestation thereupon in the like sort that he had made at Santaren when hee was there chosen and sworne for king whereof also a publique act was made and enrolled as abouesaid Now when it came to the knowledge of the gouernours of the Realme then remaining at Setuball that Don Anthonio was chosen King the greater part of them withdrew themselues into Castile to wit Iohn Masquerennas Frauncis de Sa and Diego Lopez de Sosa thother two namely tharchbishop of Lisbone and John Tello de Meneses came within three myles of Lisbone and sent to King Anthonie beseeching him to voutchsafe to receaue them into his fauour which they easely obtained at his hands sith the one of them namely John Tello de Meneses had alwayes shewed himselfe to beare a good affection to the common wealth and tharchbishop had alwayes shewed himselfe a neutre where contrariwise thother three which were fled into Castile being wonne and corrupted by the king of Castile with giftes and promises had alwayes openly mainteined his quarrell and yet in thende did pennance for their horrible treason For shortly after they dyed al for very griefe and melancholy that they had sold their countrey and could obtaine little or nothing of all that had bene promised vnto them on the behalfe of the king of Castile by his ambassadors Within certaine dayes after king Anthonie departed from the citie of Lisbon to Setuball where still remained the deputies of the townes with the high Chauncelour the principall Counsellours of the realme and many of the nobilitie By whome he was likewise created and sworne King with all solemnities thereunto conuenient Where the third time he made the like protestation that he had made afore in Santaren sending two of the said deputies from thence to the king of Castile with commission to declare vnto him that if he would desist from force of armes and submit his cause to the determination of the Iudges thereunto authorised that then he would doe the like and lay downe the name and dignitie of king And hauing first giuen order for the defence of a towne called Monte Maior which was in daunger to be besieged by the duke of Alua he returned from thence to the citie of Lisbon In the meane while the king of Castile howe much the more he was moued by Don Anthonio and others to commit his cause to be determined by way of iustice so much the more he endeuoured to get the kingdome by force making great offers notwithstanding to Don Anthonio in consideration that he shoulde yeeld vp the royal name and renounce his action to the kingdom But neuerthelesse Don Anthonio seeking the libertie of his countrey more then his owne benefit would neuer yeelde to accept any condicions howe great soeuer they were Now when Don Anthonio was come backe to Lisbon hee dispatched letters immediatly to all cities and townes of the kingdō and to the townes and castles of Aphrica and thylandes and firme lande subiect to the crowne of Portugall certifying them how he was chosen and sworne king and therefore required them all from thenceforward to take knowledge him for their king the like also was written to all the said townes Castles Islandes and firme land by the said gouernours and magistrates of the citie of Lisbon Immediatly vpon the deliuerie of these letters Don Anthonio was in all places acknowledged and proclaimed king in all solemnitie and that so greatly to the ioy and contentation of all thinhabitantes as is scant possible to bee beleeued In the meane space king Don Anthonio ceased not to prouide as farre as laye in his power for the defence of the saide Citye of Lisbone which is the chiefe Citye of the realme for that the Duke of Alua approched from daye to daye with a greate armye whiche hee brought by land sea amounting to about sixe and twenty thousand fighting men aswell horsemen as footemen all olde soldiors and well appointed the most parte of them comming by lande the rest by sea in fiftye gallyes and about as manye great shippes At laste these two armies comming by lande and sea mette and ioyned together at the towne of Setuball whiche was quickelye brought vnder the power of thennimie by reason it was neyther anye strong towne nor prouided of gunpowder whiche in greate plentye together with thartillerie and other munitions of warre had bene before that conueyed into Castile by the sayde gouernours vnder coloure of thexpedition whiche was pretended into Aphrica The Duke of Alua hauing thus taken this towne of Setuball caused the moste parte of the footemen to be imbarqued in the gallyes and the rest in the greate shippes wherewith he wente to the towne of Cascais standing by the Ocean sea seuen myles from Lisbon hauing in his company Anthonie de Castro lorde of the same towne who a little before yeilded him selfe to the sayd Duke Through this mans labour and industrie the Duke in fewe daies easilye got this towne into his handes where Diego de meneces a gentleman of a noble house was gouernour who after the yielding vp of the towne was beheaded by the Duke of Aluaes commaundement and one of the Captaynes called Henry Perera hanged vppon a gibette notwithstanding that eache of them had yeilded himselfe After the taking of this towne of Cascais the Duke of Alua remoued his campe to the strong castle of Saint Iohn within three myles of Lisbone wherein Iristan vaz de vegna was captayne a man verye notable in militarye experience hauing made greate tryall of his valiauncye in theast Indie and nowe when the sayde Duke by the space of one daye had beaten the Castle with great ordinaunce withoute doing it anye harme the nexte daye the sayde gouernour thoughe hee wanted neyther munition nor anye other necessaries yet after parle with the Duke of Alua yeilded the Castle into his handes vppon the Dukes promise that the King of Castile should yeilde vnto him a greate pencion yeerelye during his lyfe but euen as traitors by gods iuste iudgemente are commonly payde according to their desert so this man was so farre from

hauing promise kept with him as that contrariwise hee was presentlye by the King of Castiles commaundement bannished into Affrica for the space of ten yeares there to serue against the Moores because hee had withstoode the Duke of Alua a whole daye and yeilded not the Castle at the firste somonce but after by composition whereas hee had beefore promised and written that immediatelye vpon the Dukes comming he would yeilde vp the Castle Wherefore hee purchased the name of a Traytor without reaping anye commoditye thereby as it often happeneth to traytors When this Castle was thus yeilded whereby the free passage of Gallyes and Shippes to Lisbon was greatelye hindered The Duke of Alua remooued his campe to the subburbes of the Cyty of Lisbon where King Anthony then remayned in the subburbes called Alcantara with his Armye consisting of aboute sixe thousande footemen and eyghte hundered horsemen of his owne kingdome the greatest parte thereof beeing smallye experienced in feates of armes Wherefore althoughe it seemed not sufficiente to resiste so puissaunte an armye as the Duke of Alua brought yet King Anthonie more regarding the common wealth and lybertye of his Countrey then the safetie and preseruation of his owne person determined to hazarde the battayle rather then lightlye and ignominiouslye to yielde himselfe and his people into thandes of the Tyrants hoping for the lyke good successe that in tyme paste Kinge Iohn the first of that name had who with sixe thousande Portugalles in a verye lyke quarrell ouercame Iohn Kinge of Castile the firste also of that name with his Armye of thirtie and two thousande men in a battayle foughte beetweene them neere the village of Algiba Rotta But after certaine skirmishes wherein two-thousand Castillians were slaine it fortuned the same day that the said king Don Anthonio thought to haue ioyned battell with the king of Castiles power which was the xxiiii day of August earely in the morning many of them that were with him seeing thenemie approch beganne to flye whereof certaine went to thenemies specially the horsemen a great part whereof as afterwardes manifestly appeared were corrupted by the king of Castile besides there was great want of gunpowder in King Anthonies campe for at that time by the default and treason of the said gouernours who as is afore declared had conueied a great quantitie of gunpowder into Castile there could not be found aboue two thousande pound weight of the saide powder in all the citie of Lisbon Vpon consideration of all these thinges King Anthonies most principall faithfull seruants counselled him to prouide in time for the safetie of his person for as long as it was safe there remained some hope of the recouerie of the libertie of the countrey which in case he were lost was vtterly vnrecouerable for euer Which aduise by his maiestie well weighed and considered hee determined with many of his noble men and others that were very faithfull vnto him to breake thorow a squadron of horsemen whereby thenemie supposed to haue cut away from him all possibilitie to escape away And thereupon without delay causing the Kings royall standard to march before him they all set spurres to their horses and so furiously assayle thenemies that straitghtwaies they droue them from their place and so with their weapons procured their passage Wherein King Anthonie himselfe receiued two great woundes in his head by staying and that not without effect to helpe Ferdinando Valeroso out of the handes of thenemies And although the King was greatly troubled and weakened by meanes of those woundes whereout the bloud ranne in great abundance downe his eyes and face yet more by Gods prouidence then by mans strength or industrie he escaped from the ennimies and yet not once but diuers times was driuen to breake thorowe the middest of them with foure or fiue horsemen that continually followed him of the which number was Fraunces of Portugall Erle of Vimioso the residue of those that holpe to make the saide passage being turned another waye carrying the Kings standarde before them Nowe when the kinge had passed through all the Cyty of Lisbone meeting his enemies in diuers places at last he came to the shoreside of the riuer of Tagus which runneth by thest end of the Cyty where he found Emanuell of Portugall Vncle to the saide Erle of Vimioso already imbarqued to fly to the City of Santaren Who assoone as he knew the King caused the Barque to be brought to the shore that his Maiestye might bee receaued thereinto and so passe awaye with the sayde Erle and others amongst whome was Simon Masquerennas deane of Ebora who came to the king at that very instante when he was ready to enter the Barque Nowe as the king was sayling vp the riuer in the saide barque towarde Santaren his Agent hauing followed the standard came presently by great chaunce to the same place where the king was taken into the barque and vnderstanding his Maiestie to be therin seeing the same a farre off and perceauing how certen of the king of Castiles galleys pursued the same verye neere discharging store of harquebush shot thereat he galloped after by the riuer side in all possible haste to ouertake the barque and beeing come righte against the same ceased not to make signes from the shore side that it shoulde come to lande in the place where he was and as it was comming towarde him hee caused two of them that were in his companye to alight their horses namely Anthonie de Sosa and Jerom de Sylua appointing the best horse to the Kinge and thother to therle of Vimioso and Emanuell of Portugall his vncle and taking Simon Masquerennas behind him vppon his owne horse In this maner they galloped away all as fast as they could through Oliue trees and other vnfrequented places till they were in some better safetie But scarsely was the King with thother three lords aforenamed landed when the barque was presently assayled and taken by one of the Gallyes so as the reste that remained behind coulde not come to shoare the greatest parte of thennimies leaping into the water where it was shallowe for the easier taking of the saide barque where they tooke many prisoners amongest whome the chiefest were Emmanuell de Castro and Anthonie Botado and other the Kings seruants When the duke of Alua was entred into Lisbon supposing Don Anthonio had hid himselfe there he made no great search after him in the fieldes In so much that while the souldiors were busie in spoyling the subburbes and search was made in the towne for him the King with them of his companye came firste to a Village three miles from Lisbon where after he had stayed a little to dresse his wounds he passed further from thence by vnfrequented waies and came that night to a house of pleasure a myle from Santaren belonging to Peter de Menezes one of his treasourers who ouertooke his maiesty in the waye flying also from thennemye in the company of the