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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13572	The strangest aduenture that euer happened: either in the ages passed or present Containing a discourse concerning the successe of the King of Portugall Dom Sebastian, from the time of his voyage into Affricke, when he was lost in the battell against the infidels, in the yeare 1578. vnto the sixt of Ianuary this present 1601. In which discourse, is diuerse curious histories, some auncient prophesies, and other matters, whereby most euidently appeareth: that he whom the Seigneurie of Venice hath held as prisoner for the space of two yeres and twentie two dayes, is the right and true king of Portugall Dom Sebastian. More, a letter that declareth, in what maner he was set at libertie the xv. of December last. And beside, how he parted from Venice and came to Florence. All first done in Spanish, then in French, and novv lastly translated into English.; Adventure admirable, par dessus toutes autres des siecles passez & present. English	Teixeira, José, 1543-1604.; Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633.	1601 (1601)	STC 23864; ESTC S118296	67,947	90

are most dangerous They thinke that they can impeach what God hath ordained ab aeterno as the diuell would haue done the death of Iesus Christ by the meanes of the wife of Pilate That this is very true I sweare to your fatherhood by the passion of Iesus Christ that this man is as truly the King Dom Sebastian as I am knowne to be Frier Stephen de Sampayo And if it be not found to proue accordingly let me not only be condemned as a lyer but for a renegate a blasphemer and an hereticke For this haue I endeuored my very vttermost diligence in my Portugall voyage I haue bene on one side and another and vnderstand secretly that he hath all the markes on his body without failing in any one of them as he had in his infancy onely the wounds excepted which he receiued in the bloudy day at Affricke He giues the reason of his life and yeelds account of all his passages in such sort as there is no vnderstanding so obstinate and blind but must thereby be vtterly vanquished and God be my helper as this is the truth These Lords do expect that Kings and Princes should vndertake this businesse at whose instance they would admit vs to haue sight and knowledge of him because they would not be faulty toward the Spaniard for they say they would not incurre the ill will of any one This is an occasion whereby your reuerend fatherhood may purchase more honour and performe farre greater seruice to God thē euer any Portugueze did in comming hither bringing such letters of fauor with you as may obtaine for vs the sight of him and by examination to apprehend the very certainty for here you shall find with vs more thē twelue persons of all the estates of his time to know him by He hath bene so vnfortunate that leauing all his companions scattered through the world he is here arriued without any one of them Dom George de Lancastre Duke of A●eyro whom he left in Aethiopia were sufficicient for his deliuerance if he were here present I humbly pray your fatherhood that vpon sight of this present letter you would speedily iourney hither for your personall being here is very necessary considering withall that a religious man your brother of the order of S. Dominicke vses these perswasions to you one that desires your good honor and quiet with as earnest affection as his owne It is seuenteene monethes since I put hand to this seruice I haue bene in Portugall and returned thence as I haue told you it is impossible for me to be abused as some are who thinke this man not to be the King Dom Sebastian but that the Seigneurie detaines another hidden in stead of him This man here knowne and reknowne for such by the Concierges by the Iudges by the greater part of the Senate and by his owne Confessor yet such is the inuention of this worlds children as they imagine themselues more powerfull then God and would presume to abolish so maruellous a worke of the Lord. I haue written to the Gouernour and to many other I know not what the sinnes are of our Portugezes in Fraunce who were wont to oppose their liues to extreame daungers and hazard losse of their goods with very good zeale for a figure and will they not now with so much honor in an action of truth and glory make their owne aduantage and benefit not for a shadow but for a rightfull King whose life both in the prison and abroad rauisheth all the countrey with admiration by the meanes of his fastings prayers and disciplines notwithstanding all which his strength is not a iot impaired for he is of very maruellous fortitude Whosoeuer will say that this man is a Calabrois and that he speakes not a word of Portugall he lies he is the true King of Portugall Dom Sebastian and speaketh Portugall though somewhat corrupted because it is 22. yeares since he spake the language vsually Whosoeuer sayth that they haue shewne him to vs he lies for to delay and winne time withall these Lords sent me to Portugall to be enformed of the markes of his body telling me that otherwise they would not let me see him and that the Portugals had such forward desire to be free from the Spaniards as they would maintaine if need were that their king Dom Sebastian was but a Negro Now albeit that I haue brought so many authentical markes approued by publicke instruments from a Notary Apostolicke I haue intreated that we may haue sight of him to examine him and make knowne the truth or falshood of the case by the certifications which I brought hither with me as also a Chanon of Lisbone that came along with me It was answered vs from the Senate after diuerse and sundry contestations that it was not a matter belonging to them to know whether he were a king or no without some Kings and Princes moued the same to them on his behalfe I speake so amply to your fatherhood because you may perceiue with what zeale I write at this instant I iustifie againe vnto you and sweare by the eternall God by his only begotten sonne and by all our faith that this prisoner is our true Lord the King Dom Sebastian If your reuerend selfe would come with letters from his most Christian Maiestie I beleeue that without any hinderance they would shew him to vs and vpon acknowledging let vs haue him enlarged We are now going to moue our request to his Holinesse that it might please him to set a helping hand to this businesse considering it is a case so iust and meritable of pitty wherein we doubt not but to haue his furtherance With this present I haue sent you the oath of the holy King to the end that you may make it publicke by impression and by the first conuenient meanes I will send you a letter which his Maiesty wrote to his holinesse with an Elegie wherein he makes the discourse of his life Once more I earnestly intreate your fatherhood as much as possibly remaines in me that by no meanes you will let slip so notable an occasion well worthy to carry his deseruing talent and that in person you would manage a matter of such importance which beside imploring the strong arme of the King and the fauor of all Princes hath necessarily need of the assistance of all loyal Portuguezes For what account of himselfe can the reuerend father Frier Ioseph Texere render to the world so firme and constant a louer of his countrey What excuse can he alleadge though there may be many for not giuing furtherance to this affaire Will he incur the infamie of N. who for his offences should be seene that this king doth liue What hath your fatherhood done against the kingdome that you should not present your selfe before all the world with plaine and open lookes Oh for the loue of God I beseech you consider in your soule with what sincere affection I