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regard_n of_o my_o office_n in_o sign_n whereof_o i_o have_v underwritten_a and_o sign_v this_o with_o my_o seal_n public_a and_o usual_a at_o lisbon_n the_o 4._o of_o november_n mdxcix_o the_o succession_n and_o number_n of_o the_o king_n of_o portugal_n the_o first_o generation_n alphonso_n henriques_n 1._o ii_o sanche_n 1._o iii_o alphonso_n 2._o four_o sanche_n 2._o v._o alphonso_n 3._o vi_o denys_n 1._o vii_o alphonso_n 4._o viii_o peter_n 1._o ix_o fernand._n 1._o x._o john_n 1._o xi_o edward_n 1._o xii_o alphonso_n 5._o xiii_o john_n 2._o xiiii_o emmanuel_n 1._o xv._n john_n 3._o xvi_o sebastian_n 1._o hereby_o be_v understand_v that_o sebastian_n be_v the_o sixteen_o in_o generation_n whereof_o king_n alphonso_n henriques_n speak_v in_o the_o oath_n of_o his_o revelation_n this_o sebastian_n be_v bear_v after_o his_o father_n decease_n when_o be_v very_o instant_a and_o frequent_a prayer_n procession_n and_o fasting_n among_o the_o people_n of_o portugal_n in_o the_o year_n 1554._o the_o day_n of_o the_o two_o holy_a martyr_n fabian_n and_o sebastian_n a_o matter_n almost_o beyond_o all_o hope_n for_o his_o father_n die_v in_o nonnage_n or_o very_o young_a and_o his_o mother_n be_v but_o sixteen_o year_n old_a this_o prince_n be_v of_o a_o exceed_o good_a nature_n high_a in_o courage_n accompany_v with_o great_a bodily_a strength_n godly_a and_o religious_a and_o that_o in_o such_o sort_n as_o even_o from_o the_o cradle_n his_o subject_n have_v he_o in_o much_o admiration_n and_o they_o account_v he_o as_o another_o caesar_n augustus_n according_a as_o carry_v the_o signification_n of_o the_o name_n of_o sebastian_n ancient_a prophecy_n which_o we_o can_v more_o convenable_o appropriate_v to_o any_o other_o then_o to_o this_o self_n same_o sebastian_n s._n cyrille_n the_o hermit_n in_o the_o treatise_n of_o the_o revelation_n which_o be_v make_v to_o he_o whereof_o the_o abbot_n joachim_n gloze_v tempore_fw-la annorum_fw-la 54._o orietur_fw-la sol_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la erit_fw-la sol_fw-la delitescens_fw-la pungetur_fw-la aculeo_fw-la despectissimo_fw-la in_fw-la specu_fw-la paruo_fw-la tricamerato_fw-la &_o vectibus_fw-la pergrandibus_fw-la communito_fw-la ab_fw-la scorpionitis_n mancipabitur_fw-la postea_fw-la ad_fw-la bravium_fw-la orbis_fw-la pertinget_fw-la etc._n etc._n read_v all_o this_o chapter_n in_o english_a thus_o in_o the_o time_n of_o 54._o year_n a_o sun_n shall_v arise_v etc._n etc._n and_o this_o sun_n shall_v be_v hide_v he_o shall_v be_v prick_v with_o a_o most_o despiteful_a sting_n he_o shall_v be_v in_o a_o little_a cave_n of_o three_o vault_n make_v strong_a with_o very_o great_a bar_n he_o shall_v be_v thral_v by_o scorpionite_n afterward_o he_o shall_v come_v to_o triumph_v over_o the_o world_n etc._n etc._n saint_n isidore_n occultus_fw-la rex_fw-la bis_fw-la piè_fw-la datus_fw-la in_fw-la hispaniam_fw-la veniet_fw-la in_o equo_fw-la ligneo_fw-la quem_fw-la multi_fw-la videntes_fw-la illum_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la credent_a domabit_fw-la superbos_fw-la spurcitias_fw-la hispaniarum_fw-la purgabit_fw-la in_o syriam_n transfretabit_fw-la super_fw-la sanctum_fw-la sepulchrum_fw-la signum_fw-la crucifixi_fw-la ponet_fw-la &_o erit_fw-la monarcha_fw-la in_o english_a thus_o a_o hide_a king_n shall_v twice_o be_v holy_o give_v he_o shall_v come_v into_o spain_n upon_o a_o horse_n of_o wood_n that_o be_v a_o ship_n who_o many_o behold_n they_o will_v not_o believe_v that_o it_o be_v he_o he_o shall_v subdue_v the_o proud_a he_o shall_v purge_v the_o spaniard_n of_o their_o filthiness_n he_o shall_v pass_v into_o syria_n he_o shall_v place_v the_o ensign_n of_o the_o crucifix_n upon_o the_o holy_a sepulchre_n and_o shall_v be_v a_o monarch_n theophilus_n the_o bishop_n dum_fw-la secundum_fw-la imperium_fw-la occupabitur_fw-la ciprúsque_fw-la à _fw-la christi_fw-la hostibus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la aggressa_fw-la pastor_n ovium_fw-la coronis_fw-la graecorum_n nudus_fw-la erit_fw-la rhodia_n tunc_fw-la magistro_fw-la carebit_fw-la hispania_n potentia_fw-la virtuâ—éque_fw-la munita_fw-la illi_fw-la tradet_fw-la magistrum_fw-la romae_fw-la autem_fw-la pastor_n glorio_fw-la svi_fw-la ignotus_fw-la apud_fw-la homines_fw-la apud_fw-la deum_fw-la probus_fw-la &_o iustus_fw-la erit_fw-la qui_fw-la cum_fw-la uno_fw-la rege_fw-la dictae_fw-la provinciae_fw-la qui_fw-la oblitus_fw-la mortuus_fw-la &_o non_fw-la regnaturus_fw-la putabatur_fw-la regna_fw-la deperdita_fw-la recuperabit_fw-la soldanum_n suae_fw-la ditioni_fw-la subiugabit_fw-la &_o in_o christianis_fw-la domum_fw-la dei_fw-la restituet_fw-la in_o english_a thus_o while_o the_o second_o empire_n shall_v be_v trouble_v and_o cyprus_n invade_v by_o the_o enemy_n of_o christ_n the_o pastor_n of_o the_o sheep_n of_o the_o grecian_a troop_n shall_v be_v leave_v naked_a rhodes_n shall_v then_o want_v a_o master_n spain_n store_v with_o virtue_n and_o power_n shall_v give_v it_o a_o master_n and_o there_o shall_v be_v at_o 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wine_n who_o man_n shall_v repute_v to_o have_v be_v dead_a he_o shall_v go_v out_o against_o the_o son_n of_o ishmael_n towards_o the_o aethiopian_a sea_n etc._n etc._n sibylla_n erithraea_n compressa_fw-la aquila_fw-la cvius_fw-la nomen_fw-la quinque_fw-la apicibus_fw-la inaestimabiliter_fw-la scriptum_fw-la ministrum_fw-la iniquitatis_fw-la destruet_fw-la
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