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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

ordereth and gouerneth al spyrytuall maters Of the realme and estate of themperour prester Iohn̄ AFter al this beyng further demaūded of the emperours realme and domynyon he answered in this maner 1 Fyrste he hath in his realmes very many cyties and townes 2 His nobles weare garmentes of sylke cloth of golde veluet satyn damaske wyth such other precyouse thynges 3 The comen people were nothing but cloth 4 Dyuers kyndes of marchaundyse hath he in his realmes those very precyouse 5 He hath great plenty of mynys of gold syluer and other metall 6 Money hath he none but that is brought out of realmes nexte borderynge there about They take golde syluer by weyght in stede of coyne 7 Great plenty of corne haue they and that of dyuerse colours bothe blacke whyte redde and gray But as for theyr meale of all of thē is very whyte Benys pesyn tarys and all suche other codware haue they ynough both plente also of diuers kyndes 8 There groweth great abundaūs of suger 9 Oxen shepe horse mulys camelles gotes hogges wyth suche other housholde cattell besydes byrdes they haue great plentye 10 Porke eate they none not for y e that eyther theyr conscyens or relygyon that forbyddeth but bycause they fynd it not holsome for theyr bodyes 11 Themperours estate and powre is very great for he hath vnder his domynyon thre skore chrystened kynges whych be kinges of great myghty kyngdomes whose names the legate there shewed openly 12 Besydes these thre skore kynges yet hath he .v. other Machomet kynges vnder hym 13 Moreouer he hath vnder his dominion meruaylous many gret men as prynces dukes marquyses erles barons lordes of very great landes and reueneus 14 They obserue straytely kepe what so euer themperour commaundeth them 15 The Cronycles and noble actes of theyr prynces they kepe saufe and what so euer is worthy remembraūce theyr secretary dylygently regesters 16 The rytes lawes statutes and comen ordinaunces made for the peoples gouernaunce they saufely kepe in wrytynge 17 Themperour hath euer .xii. men present wyth hym of his counsayll whome he may comen wyth of all the maters of his realme 18 Through al the realmes and domynyons of his empyre there be iudges appoynted whych serue accordynge to the trewth of y e mater both to heare causes and iudge them 19 No iudge maye iudge any man to deth but onely for murder 20 The emperour hath very great trybutes 21 The emperour hath as well of y e inhabytours as of other marchaunt straungers the .x. parte of theyr gaynes theyr stocke saued hole 22 There be souldyours of a certayne relygyon whyche euer go in whyte wyth crosses on theyr cote armour alwaye redy for to warre for Crystes fayth yf nede be 23 Of the inherytaūce of theyr fathers one hath as mych as a nother no respecte hadde to the age whyther they be older or yonger 24 In all those realmes prouynces there be no Iewes all though yt is well knowen that ones there were many But when the people coulde not suffer or bere theyr naughtynes sodenly they set vppon them and vtterly destroyed them 25 Many fayres and ryche markettes haue they by reason of y e marchaūtes that resorte thyther 26 The realmes prouynces and countres of prester Iohn̄ stretcheth to both the partes of Nilus floode 27 The people knowe none nother but Erithreā y t is to say the redde see Of the order of the same empyre and maner of the courte 1 THe emperours proper name is Dauid His cōmon name prester Iohn̄ kynge of the Ebessyns 2 His tytles be in this maner Dauid kynge of kynges kynge of the Ebessins prester Iohn̄ kynge of kynges vnto the Ebessyns and of all his prouynces both nexte and also at the ende of the sees The kynge of Nilus flood and iudge of y e gret Sodane of the countrey of Cayre and the see of Alexandrine By the power of god and our redemer Iesu Chryste by the powre of our ladye the vyrgyne saynt Mary 3 This emperour of an old custome maryeth euer the kynges doughters that be vnder his domynyon 4 The eldest sonne euer succedeth his father in his kyngdome 5 This sonne of his is veryly well nuryshed and brought vppe wythin his fathers courte as for his other sonnes at lest ways yf he haue any be brought vppe lyke noble men eyther vnder the kynges or ellys some great prynces of the emperours domynyon 6 The inherytaunce of his empyre neuere descendeth to the doughters But yf themperour happe to dye wythout issew male then cōmeth yt to the nexte of his blood 7 Themperours wyues be had in great honoure and kepe a gret port 8 Themperour hath euer redy at hande a meruaylous great number as well of horsemen as fotemen 9 The emperoure to thentent he wolde exercyse his souldyours in actes of warre is euer for the moste parte in the felde amongest theym where they applye them selfe to fetys of armes 10 In the emperours courte the chamberlayn hath the chyefest rome 11 Themperour hath for sauegard of the body euer at hande .xii. of the noblest of his realme Eche of whome haue vnder hym .xii. thousand fyghtynge men 12 Those same .xii. noble men occupyes y e gretest romes in the court 13 They kepe very dylygently in writyng pedygrees names surnames of theyr ansetours wherby euery one may perfytely knowe his nacyon and stok 14 Themperours sonnes doughthers be maryed vnto the sonnes or doughters of other kynges vnder hym wyth great dowers geuen wyth them in maryage And then all y e people come and of theyr owne mocyon geue them gyftes 15 Themperoure what tyme necessyte so requyreth vseth thobedyence and seruyce of his subiectes 16 The men chylderne of the kynges that be vnder hym be to wynne theyre fathers good wylles brought vppe in themperours courte 17 He admytteth and suffereth chalenges amonges his subiectes 18 The name of the emperours prester Iohn̄s mother y t nowe is is Ellen a very holy woman and one that sheweth a great example of chastyte to whome for here especial goodnes and the nonage of her sonne is commytted all the hole order and rule of the realme 19 Of kynges emperours or the chrysten prynces of Europe they neuer had knowledge but onely of the frenchmē whom they cal in theyr vulgare tonge Cristyans But by y e reason of certayne noble actes that were done few yeres passed by the Portyngales agaynst the Turkes Persys Arabyens and Indyās the name of the kynge of Portyngale begonne to be well knowen and had in myche reuerēce reputacyon amongest them HEre haue you now ryght reuerēt father y e thynges I promysed your holynes at my beynge wyth you of the legacy of Inde But yet to thentent you may geue the more credēce to the mater I shall put somwhat to that a very noble yonge man and one of my famylyar acqueyntaūce named George Lupe Dandrade what time we were to gether about our

¶ The legacye or embassate of the great emperour of Inde prester Iohn̄ 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 his offyce Of the realme state power maiesty and order of the courte of prester Iohn̄ Iohn̄ More to the crysten sten reader FOr as myche as euery mā naturally is desyrous to here new thinges and straunge as both authours testyfye and experyence proueth all though there were none other commodyte therof then the neweltye I thought yt a thynge worthe the labour to translate this lyttell worke late happed in my hande through the helpe of a specyall familyar frende of myne syns surely I thought it shuld be a worke not onely new trew and plesaunt to the reader but also for y e knowlege of sundrye thynges therin conteyned very profytable and necessary For in this lytle treatyce be conteyned the state the fayth the relygyon the ceremonyes the Patryarche wyth his offyce the powre the lawes of the lande and empyre of prestre Iohn̄ besydes his royall maiestie and order of his courte All whyche thynges were rehersed vnto y e myghty and pusaunt prynce Emanuell kynge of Portyngale by the mouth of one Mathew sent frō themperour of Inde prester Iohn̄ vnto the fornamed Emanuel in the yere of our lord M.v. hundred .xiii. And all though of this prester Iohn̄ syr Iohn̄ Maūdefeld knyght in a worke y t he made of the dyscrypcyon of coūtrees somwhat hath made mencyon yet this embassatour that came from thens to the kynge of Portyngale as he to whome euery thynge perteynyng eyther to the religyon and fayth of that people or to the polytyque order of that lande was myche more perfytely knowen yt is no meruayle though he myche more perfytely descrybe theym namely to that prynce whych from poynte to poynte was curyouse to enquyre This empyre of prester Iohn̄ ys reputed as great a maygne countre in a maner yf yt be not gretter as all the remanaunt that nowe remayneth christened except the new founden landes that haue ben bycomen chrystened wythin few yeres of late And therfore yt greatly may of reason greatly ought to reioyce all good chrystē people to perceyue that though there are dyuerse thynges wherein they and we dyffere in rytes lawes customes and ceremonyes yet in all other thynges necessaryly perteynynge as well to the vertues of fayth and relygyon as all other vertues morall they so farreforth accorde and agre wyth these cristen nacyons of ours and wyth the catholyque doctryne of the chyrche that yt may well appere euen by that thynge alone that the spyryte of god hath wrought and worketh this full agrement consent in so many thynges necessary to saluacyon thorowe so many great countreys and regyōs as ours are and theyres both y e tone by so longe space hauynge so lytle accesse vnto the tother that of many yeres tyl nowe very late we coulde not wel tell whyther they were well cristened or not Howe be yt yet appereth well nowe by many thynges not in this boke onely but in those letters also whyche now very late the emperour of that lande that nowe is son vnto him that sent thembassatour vnto the kynge Emanuell dyd send not onely to the noble kynge of Portyngale that now is sonne vnto the said noble kynge Emanuell but also to the popes holynesse that now is Clement of that name the .vii. by his embassatour wyth his obedyence after the maner of other chrysten prynces by this treatyce and those letters yt doth I saye well appere that the said emperour and all the chyrche that ys to wytte all the chrysten people of that empyre be of the same fayth that we be And in this treatyse ye also se that y e great thynges whych haue ben byfore this tymes establyshed agaynst heretyques by generall counsayles of olde agaynst whych old determynacyons these new heretyques make newe besynesse nowe the selfe same thynges haue the chrysten people of that great chrysten empyre frō the tyme of theyre fyrste cōuersyon whych was forthwyth vpon the deth of Chryste cōtynually byleued and euer obserued styll So y t this poynt is able alone yf yt be pondered as yt is worthy eyther to tourne and conuert or putte to sylence for shame all the besye bretherne that wolde make men so madde as to wene that those thynges were new deuysed and late brought vppe here by prestes whych thynges theym selfe se well ynough though they dyssymyle and say nay in the bokes of old holy sayntes and whych thynges are now well knowē to haue ben this .xv. hundred yere byleued and vsed thorough that great empyre as great a people as oures into whyche our prestes as farre as men can tell of neuer came hense to teache them But syth that we begyn nowe eache to heare more of other I pray god as there is in bothe many thynges very good and some thynges that myght be better eche peple may lerne take of other those thynges that be good and lette the badde go by And that we may make bothe so but one chyrche mylytant here in erth that we may both be partes of one gloryouse chyrche that euer shall be tryumphaunt in heuen Damyane Gooes a Portyngale vnto the ryght reuerent father in god lord Iohn̄ y e great Goth archbysshop of wpsalen̄ inhabytyng the countrey of Swetia sendes gretynge THrough the great famylyar frenshyp god therof the vndouted autor that was betwene your holynes me whē we were to gether at Dantiske what tyme I had there maters of my pryncis to do after often metynges at the last happened vs cōmunycacyon of y e maters of Portīgale as of y e viages of the Indyans Arrabies and Perses And also of the longe and dyffyculte passage into those coūtreys of the parelles of the mayne Occean see also and of the cōtynuall warre that the inhabytours as well on thys syde Gaūge as beyond made agayn y e Arrabyans Persyās Indyans of the yerely inuasion of the Turkes whych by theyr mighty naueyes sent by the see of Arrabye vnto Inde the lesse all though not venqueshyd yet greatly vexed and troblyd our peple But after we had mych debated this mater your holynes putte wel in mynde of the high emperour of Inde prester Iohn̄ From whome surely my self ones saw an embassatour sent vnto our kynge and beynge present by harde all that euer he tolde as well of the fayth as of the ceremonies and estate of prester Iohn̄s empyre whyche he parcell mele descrybed in the presens of many of his nobles All whych when in order I had shewed your holynes you requyred me yf euer yt chaūced me to returne to the lowe countres that I wolde sende you all those thynges breuely descrybed wyth the artycles of the fayth ceremonies and estate of theyr countrey whyche I faythfully promysed to do Therfore after ones though a

thousande daungers escaped I was come saufe to the lowe countreys callynge to mynde your moste holy company whych I neuer forget nor neuer shall and therwyth all my promyse all those thynges as was your request dylygently haue I done whyche now here I sende you I sende you chyefely the copye of the letter whyche the hygh and myghtye prynce themperour of Inde prester Iohn̄ writ on a season vnto my maystert he kyng of Portyngale after that all the artycles as the religyon ceremonies themperours power the noblenes of his court euen in as compendyous maner as the same legate descrybed them More ouer then this to thentent the trouth of the mater more playnly may appere I shall shewe you bryefly howe presently I both harde and saw all those thynges In the yere of our lorde a thousande fyue hundred and .xiii. there landed arryued in Portyngale an embassatour of the high emperour of Inde prester Iohn̄ and of quene Ellynes his mother sent vnto the most chrystened prynce Emanuell kyng of Portingale Thembassatours name was Mathew an Armenicane born̄ wyth whome was ioyned in commyssyon a nother noble yonge man an Abessyne brought vp in thēperours prester Iohn̄s courte and his name was Iames. These were very well welcomed of y e kynge in whose court they abode and remayned .iii. yeres to gether had there in great reputacyon foūde onely at the kynges coste and charge tyll afterward they toke theyr leue and so merely retourned saufe home agayn to theyr countrey This Mathew then all suche thynges as he had in cōmaundemēt commyssyon and charge ones declared to y e kynges hyghnes lykewyse the letters of his emperours delyueryd the kynge wythin few days after caused thē to be sent for so there in the company of certayn well lerned men and presence of his nobles demaunded by an interpretour of the fayth ceremonyes and estate of thēpyre of Inde Now thē at this time was I .xii. yere olde and one of those chyldrene that are wonte to brynge in the kynges seruyce vnto the kynges table Two yere after I hadde done the kynges grace seruyce in that offyce I was by at all this as other of the court were and both harde saw and vnderstode all as myche at leste ways as my yonge and tender age wolde gyue me leue But here you maye obiecte and say howe couldest thow beyng so yonge as then thou wast other wryte or remember all those thynges so that thow sholdest thereby be able so long tyme after in euery poynt so perfytely to describe yt I answere I cōfesse my yough wold not suffer me to do it But after I hadde spent full .x. yere in that offyce the moste chrystened prynce kynge Emanuell my brynger vppe gaue me a new offyce He sent me hether to the lowe coūtres on his busynes whether as sone as I was come I founde a companyon a very noble quycke yonge man both of the same order offyce I was on whose name was Roderyke Fardynande whyche now was there for maters of his prynce and suche a one in theyre vulgare tonge is called a factour He beyng before sent as an embassatour from the kyng Emanuell vnto Maximiliane themperour and Alberte the duke of Bauarye had receyued letters frō Antony Carnere y e kyng Emanuelles secretary in whyche letters these artycles whyche ones he hadde wryten before the kyng hadde inclusyd and sent Now after I was fully acquaynted wyth thys Roderyke Ferdynāde eche had shewed a nother others besinesse I happened to speke of his legacy into Germany chaūsed vs also to fall in cōmunycacyon of Inde After which he shewed me he hadde receyued from Antony Carner both thartycles fore remembred and also the copy of the letter y t was sent vnto the kynge from the hygh emꝑour of Inde prester Iohn̄ whych as soone as I had hard incontynent I desyred he wold let me haue a syght of them He was content I toke theym and as well as I could haue translated them out of the Portyngale tonge into latyne To you I dedycate them to you I sende them In which if ye espye any Barbarous speche perdon me as a courtyer and vnlerned and with great besynes very myche let and troubled But how so euer they be wryten trew they be Al whyche we requyre your holynes to take in good worthe But nowe heare you what that hygh and myghty emperour prester Iohn̄ wrote vnto our kynge here I saye this letter vnto our kyng not fayned but very trew word for word almoste translate oute of the Caldeane language which speche they most vse into the Portyngale tonge and so agayn out of that into latyne The letter of the hygh emperoure of Inde Prester Iohn̄ vnto the moste myghtye prynce Emanuell kynge of Portyngale IN the name of the father the sonne and y e holy gost thre persons and one god helth grace and the blessynge of our lorde and redemer Iesu Chryste y e sonne of Mary the vyrgyn borne in the house of Bethleem be wyth our welbeloued brother the moste chrystened kynge Emanuell lorde of the sees the subdewrr of the fers and mysbeleuyng Moers Our lord god prosper you and sende you thouer hande of your enymyes and dylate enlarge your kyngdomes and realmes through y e deuout prayers of the messengers of Iesu Chryste our redemer that is to say of the foure euangelystes saynte Iohn̄ saynt Luke saynt Marke saynt Mathew whose holynes and prayers preserue you we certyfye you our interely welbeloued brother that here vnto our coūtrey be cōe out of y e hygh noble court of yours two messengers of whych two one is named Iohn̄ and calleth hym selfe a prest and thother Gomer who of vs haue desyred vytayle and soudiers wherfore vnto you we send our embassatour Mathew wyth the leue of y e patriarch Marce whych geueth vs his blessyng sendes prestes to Hierusalem whych is our father and of all those that be vnder our domyon the pyller of Cristes fayth and the holy trynyte He by our cōmaundement hath sent vnto your great capytayne of them that in Inde fyght for the fayth of our sauyoure Iesu Cryste to shewe hym that we shall be always redy when nede requyreth to sende them both vitayle sustynaunce and soudyours Therfore the fame goeth that y e prynce of Cayry prepareth many a nauy agaynste your armyes to be reuenged of the iniurys damages that they haue susteyned by the capytayns of your warre that ye haue in Inde whyche as yt is informed vs they haue often sufferyd wherin I pray god of his gret goodnes dayly prosper you that so in conclusyon all infydeles may vtterly be subdewed we therfore agaynst theyr assaute shall sende soudyours whiche shall abyde and tarye at the see of Mecha that is to wit at Bebalmamdes or to be sent yf you so thynke beste vnto the hauen of Iuda or Thor that so at the laste you maye rydde oute of