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A01828	The legacye or embassate of the great emperour of Inde prester Iohn, vnto Emanuell kynge of Portyngale, in the yere of our lorde M. v.C.xiii. Of the fayth of the Indyans, ceremonyes, relygyons [&]c. Of the patryarche [and] his offyce. Of the realme, state, power, maiesty, and order of the courte of prester Iohn; Legatio magni Indorum Imperatoris Presbyteri Ioannis, ad Emanuelem Lusitaniae Regem. English.	Góis, Damião de, 1502-1574.; More, John, fl. 1533.	1533 (1533)	STC 11966; ESTC S116675	18,827	64

the way destroye such myscreant Moers so that the gyftes and oblacyons that be offered vppe at the holy sepulcre frome that tyme forward be not deuoured of dogges Now is come the tyme that was ꝓmysed in whych as they say Cryst his blessed mother Mary forshewed that in the later dayes of the Crysten countreys in Europe a certayne kynge sholde arryse whych sholde destroy the hole nacyon of the Babaryanes and Moers And surely this is the same selfe season whych our sauyour Chryste promysed to hys blessed mother Mary shulde come Furthermore what so euer our embassatour Mathew shall shewe you accompte you yt as spoken of myne owne mouth byleue him For he is one of the chyefe of our courte and for that cause we wylled to sende hym to you we wolde haue commytted all this to your owne messengers you sent hether had yt not ben that we feryd lest our besynes sholde not come to passe accordynge to our mynde we sende vnto you by this our embassatour Mathew a crosse made of the same selfe wood on whych our sauyour Iesu Cryste was crucyfyed at Hierusalē A pyece of this holy wood was brought vnto vs from Hierusalem of whyche we haue made .ii. crosses wherof the one styll remayneth wyth vs thother we sende by our embassatour vnto you The colour of the wood is black and hangeth at a lyttell syluer rynge Moreouer yf it please you eyther to mary your doughters with our sons or your sons wyth our doughters yt shall be very plesaunt and profytable for both partes and a great stablyshement of the brotherly lege all redy enterd whych I pray god longe to cōtinew No more at this tyme but the helthe and grace of our redemer Iesu Cryst and of his blessed mother our ladye saynt Mary the vyrgyn holde theyr hande ouer you your sonnes your doughters and all your hole housholde Amen Besydes all this we certyfye you yf we lyst to assemble our power that we haue strength ynough to destroye yf god be our helpe all the enymyes of our holy fayth But as for our realmes and countres so be annexed and ioyned to gether that on no parte we can breke out to the see wherfore we haue no power on y e water wherin god be thanked you of all nacyons are most myghty Iesu Cryste be your ayde helpe succour for the thynges that ye haue done in Inde be surely more by goddes myght then mannis If so be it you wold prepare set out a thousande sayle to se we shall fynde vytayle and all other thynges plentyfully necessarye for the furnyshynge of your nauey After that the moste chrystyned kynge emanuell by the interpretour had well vnderstanden these letters very desyrous to heare of Cristen maters gredy to knowe agayne of the legate how the maters and Crystes fayth stode amongest the Indyans after certayne dayes callynge to gether the nobles of his court commaūded that by certayne well lerned chrysten deuyns whyche was there redy at hande he shold be demaunded in hys presens of euery poynt And he answerynge by parcell mele declared all thynges as hereafter in order foloweth The confessyon of the fayth ceremonyes and manner of theyr relygyon of the empyre of prester Iohn̄ IN this poynt fyrst of all they beleue as we do thre persons and one god in whyche one and moste beste father thei faithfulli trust and byleue 2 Item that he of no subiecte mater at all nor of nothynge erthly but by a meruaylous meanes made both heuen and erth lyke wyse all thynges conteyned in them 3 Also that Iesu Cryste that anoynted kynge oure sauyoure the verye Messyas so often by prophetes promysed is the very sonne of very god borne in Bethleem the cytty of Dauid accordynge to y e prophecyes of Mary whyche contynued a vyrgyne both byfore the byrth and also euer after 4 Moreouer that the same Iesu Cryste for our synne at Hierusalem byfore Pontius Pylate a Romayne there presydent and gouernour of Iury by an vniuste iugement both was condempned suffered died and was buryed 5 Furthermore he incontenent after his deth descended to hell theyr gates shaken and all to broken the thyrde daye arrose from deth to lyfe hauynge the vyctory of his enymyes and deth and that after he retourned agayne and meruaylously ascended vp to heuen frō whens he came 6 Bysydes this they faythfully cōfesse that after all this mortall lyfe they loke for an vnyuersall and endeles resurreccyon of our body 7 Also that by the same fayth they loke for Cryste to be iudge who shall geue an vnyuersall iudgement of good and euyll in whyche eche man shall receyue a iuste rewarde accordynge to his deserte in this worlde 8 By whych iudgemēt geuē ones good men shal haue eternall ioy with out ende and euyll men euerlastyng payne vexacyon and shame 9 Therfore they as well as we solemnely obserue and dyligently kepe the .x. preceptes of Moyses 10 Also they rekē as we do the .vii. dedely synnes 11 They haue also all y e bokes writen of Moyses fynally all the prophetes wyth all such other volumes of the olde lawe 12 The four euāgelistes haue they in great estymacyon euen the selfe same that we haue that is to wytte saynt Mathew saynt Marke saynt Luke and saynt Iohn̄ 13 Of Poules epystles they lacke nothynge whyche eche by name he there in presence recyted 14 The crede made by thapostles and euery artycle of the same they well allowe 15 The pater noster made by Crist they so mych set by that they preferre yt byfore all other prayers 16 The Aue Maria also they mich vse in the honoure of the mother of god the virgyn our lady saynt Mary 17 Theyr chyldrē the .vii. day after theyr byrth both be baptysed and also after Moyses law cyrcumcysed And that not for any respecte of meryte or trust they haue in it but onely for y t yt so hath remayned of an olde custome frō theyr forefathers and so to them left from hande to hande 18 All the people in the remēbraūce of the trewe and theyr ones receyued baptyme yerely in feste of the epyphanye wyth a meruaylouse great gladnes and reioysynge of mynde openly a freshe professe the fayth of Cryste and be solempnely baptysed agayne 19 In the remembraunce of our lordes maundy euyn in maner as we vse they saye masse but that not for any rewarde money or lucre vnlesse that percase some of a good relygyouse mynde frely wythoute axynge geue theyr almoyse 20 The blessed sacrament of thauter they recounte for the hyghest sacrament fyrmely wyth a syncer and pure fayth professyng it to be the vndouted bodye and blood of our lorde Iesu Chryste and accordynge vnto Chrystes ordynaunce receyuynge yt vnder both the formes 21 As for the sacramentes of anoylynge and vnxyon they confesse 22 Strayte ways as soone as they haue cōmitted any dedely synne they get them a preste to whome in secrete

they confesse theyr fautes 23 They receyue payne for theyre trespas whyche in theyre vulgare tonge they call penaunce lymyted at the dyscrecyon of the confessour whyche the party cōfessed fulfylleth with all dylygence 24 On fastynge dayes as often as they come they absteyne both from fleshe and fyshe wythoute the receyuynge of collocyons or refeccyon 25 In stede of the lenton faste they faste the septuagesime And that as we may gathere of the tyme bygynneth wyth our lent 26 As for sondayes and other holy dayes appoynted by theyr byshoppes in the remembraunce of god and our lady and other saintes they kepe wyth al reuerence 27 In the later weke of theyr lent they vse the memoryall of Crystes passyon euen as we do 28 They kepe y e palme sondaye yerely euen aboute the same selfe tyme that we do and as we do 29 And they vse to burne tapers as we do at the same tyme that we do 30 The go on comon processyons as the tyme or necessyte requyreth 31 Ones in y e yere they vse to haue a solemne dyryge for all chrysten soules 32 They vse to take ashes both in the maner we do and also about the tyme that we do 33 There is there an infynyte nomber of monasteryes as well of womē as of men lyuynge very straytely in great abstynence 34 Amongeste these monasteryes some there be wherof eche hath in yt eyther vii hundred viii hundred or a thousand monkes 35 In that realme is there a certayne montayne that hath inhabytynge here and there vppon yt .xii. thousande monkes 36 All those mōkꝭ as many as they be get theyr lyuynge by theyr handy labour nor in no wyse may go to axe almoyse house by house in stretes vyllage countres or townes All maner of beggynge is vtterly forbydden them vnlesse that some of a good godly mynde gyue theym any thyng frely then may they receyue yt not as begged but as frely gyuen 37 Here and there be preachers whych preche to the people the fayth of Cryste and those be prestes or mōkes and that of the beste lerned 38 Euery where be many hospytalles wherunto all pore folke be gētylly welcomed and receyued 39 Theyr holy houses that is to wytte the temples of sayntes yf any malefactour fle thyther for ayde and helpe yt shall succour hym and serue hym But this herein prouyded yet that yf any happen to come thyther for murderynge of theyr neyghbour they gyue hym so small a porcyon to eate that at the laste he is compelled to dye for hunger 40 If one dy they make myche a do at his buryeng euen as it is wyth vs wyth prayers crosses prestes such other kynde of ceremonyes and burye hym in the chyrche 41 Such as haue ben holy men of good conuersacyon in theyr lyfe after they haue bene longe tyme dede and buryed they make dylygēt serch of theyr vertuous lyuynge whyche done they recounte hym a saynt that is to say as the greke worde is canonyse hym 42 The housbandes solempnely wyth a great company come to the chyrche doers and mary onely but by wordes that they speke of the present tyme. 43 Of an olde custome they haue men may not mary any of theyr kyndred wythin the .vii. degree wythin whych no not theyr hygh patryarche in any wyse eyther may or wyll presume to dyspense 44 In theyr chyrches and temples they haue and worshyppe the ymages of god oure blessed lady saynte Mary the vyrgyn wyth other holy sayntes 45 They haue in theyr temples holy water whyche they beleue good and effectuall agaynst euyll and wycked spyrytes 46 Very many costly temples and belles they haue 47 The garmētes wherin they say masse in vse to be consecrate 48 Chyefly they honoure the feaste of saynt Iohn̄ Baptyste 49 They begynne the yere at September 50 The pope of Rome they knowlege but the cause why they do not theyr obedyence to hym as other crysten people do is the euyll dyffycult waye 51 Saynt Bartholmew thapostel of Chryst preached fyrste the gospell and Chrystes fayth vnto them Of theyr patryarche and of his offyce THey haue but one chyefe preste or bysshoppe which they call a patryarche that is to saye the chyefe of the faders He only hath power on spyrytuall maters that is to saye as well in ecclesiastycall offyces as dyspensynge wyth benefyces wythoute the interrupcyon of any tēporall person he lyueth contynually vnmaryed 2 This patryarche hath very gret possessyons for the thryde parte of prester Iohn̄s reueneus commeth to his parte and that besydes all the tythes of the hole realme 3 All the profytes hereof ys bestowed onely vppon pore folke the maryage of fatherlesse chyldren and prysoners 4 when the patryarche dyeth the emperour prester Iohn̄ is the heyre of al his goodes His successour hath no maner a thynge left hym besydes the dignyte of y e patryarches chayre and the cure of al his fold of shepe cōmytted to his charge 5 This patryarche is called the patryarche of Alexādry and for this cause For that where of olde there were onely foure through out al crystendome of whyche Inde chansed to haue the patryarche of Alexandry 6 This patriarche of an old vsage was wonte to be chosen at Hierusalē onely and that by the voyces of all good relygyous men of thempyre of prester Iohn̄ that there were at the same season dwellynge 7 This patryarche extendeth hys curse or excōmunycacyon vpon such as are obstynate and rebellyous persons whyche in so farforth is dreded and feryd that who so euer stande so accursed dare not touch neither meat nor drynke tyll tyme he knowe hym selfe assoyled For yf so be yt there be any so obstynate a persone that he careth not for the curse but that not wythstandynge he leueth not from the cryme for whych he so was accursed his meate and drynke shall be taken from hym and he so compelled to dye for famyne 8 This patryarche shall not let or forbydde the people from the sacramentes of the chyrche for no maner of offence but onely for murder 9 The prestes haue wyues but when one is dede they may not mary another 10 Bastardes shall neuer be admitted to be prestes 11 Neuer shall there be any admytted to the order of presthed but that before he shal be examined by a well lerned company whether he be mete for yt or no. If he be not mete he ys reiected wyth shame ynough 12 The emperour him self Prester Iohn̄ hath no maner powre on the clergy For that is a thynge bylongeth onely to the patryarche 13 If any spyrytuall man committeth any abomynable cryme hym the patryarche after his own dyscrecyon suffereth to eate but certayne vnces of meate so lyttel and lytell to dye for famyne But none of them euen out of hande putteth he to deth but onely murderers 14 That same patryarche geueth playne and full remyssyon and absolucyon of synnes 15 Twelue hath he of his coūsayl wyth whome he