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A54299	The Portugal history, or, A relation of the troubles that happened in the court of Portugal in the years 1667 and 1668 in which is to be seen that great transaction of the renunciation of the crown by Alphonso the Sixth, the dissolution of his marriage with the Princess Maria Frances Isabella of Savoy : the marriage of the same princess to the Prince Don Pedro, regent of the realm of Portugal, and the reasons alledged at Rome for the dispensation thereof / by S.P., Esq.	Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703.	1677 (1677)	Wing P1452; ESTC R18510	135,324	356

many People in that Hall He replied it was no matter since it could be no better By these Answers of the King they judg'd that all things would be well and they councelled him to pass by the Antichamber of the Queen to shew himself to the Nobles and by the Hall of the Almane Guards to be seen by the People This unusual thing made them believe that he would soon have the Government and every one conceived either hope or fear according to the state of their Fortunes And now since there were none near the King but those Persons whose Merits begat them Respect he for some time abstained from seeing Conti and those of his Cabal but this did not last long for he quickly found ways to bring them to him The King continued his Exercises but without any Progress because he neglected the Lessons of his Masters He used his Weapons with so much fury as if he had been in Combat and he forced his Horse in such a manner as if he would kill him or make him break his Neck choosing always the most furious and that which had the hardest Mouth One Day when he was at Alcantara a place which he had chosen for his Debauches believing that they would be there less in view than in the City of Lisbon whilst the Gentlemen who waited on him were at Dinner he went to go to Azeytaon followed by a small Company of Officers He Encountred upon the way a Bull which he irritated in such sort that his Horse having been wounded by that Animal fell into that fury and violence that he flung him to the Ground without sense His Servants running to his succour found him cold He was five times let Blood for that fall They made him divers Remonstrances upon that Accident but it was with very much Modesty because those they had formerly made him were received with Importment Those who had the most Zeal for the Service of the King contented themselves not to approve of those Disorders which they had not power to hinder He did not only let Beasts feel his Fury but he also would essay it upon Men. One Night as he was returning from Palhavam where he had been he got loose from those who followed him to take up his stand And having perceived two Men of a good Presence he put on his Horse with might and main to Ride over them but his Stirrop being entangled in the Belt of one of them he could not bring about his Design Being vext he was not known he turned about and drew his Sword to kill him When this Man saw his Sword in his Hand he also drew his so that he was ready to Repulse the King when the Grand Master of the Game came in and putting himself between them he told the King it was not reasonable that his Majesty should kill his Subjects At the word Majesty this Man understanding he had drawn his Sword against his King with a Respect mingled with Confusion and Fear withdrew himself behind a Wall whither the King had pursued him if that Obstacle had not hindred him After this he stopp'd in the middle of the Field to Recount this Action which he praised as one most Heroick This Adventure was followed with another much more dangerous The King passing before the Noviciat of the Jesuites they put him in mind that over against it there were some lusty brave Coursers which he presently alighted to see In the mean time while he waited for some Torches some-body told him that there were great Mastiffs in the Close of the Noviciate upon this forgetting the Horses he Commanded they should open the Gate But when he saw it was not very readily done he fell into a Passion and gave Order that they should break it open But as they began to do it they opened it and the King negligently entring got from those that followed him with one Foot-Man only on Foot He had not gone many Paces but he Encountered with three Men and he very briskly took his Sword into his Hand they did the like The King who was Booted had entangled himself in such a manner that at the first Thrust he fell backwards with a Blow he received at the same time His Gentlemen being come in at the clashing of Swords and at the Cry of the King who at first cry'd out I am Kill'd and a little after I am Wounded He was presently carried to his Palace in a Coach but his Wound was not very dangerous Two of the Men fled the third was taken but the Master of the Game hindered them from killing him When the King had Recovered it and was something better the Councel of State Ordered with the Queens consent that they should go in a Body together to make him a Remonstrance for the preservation of his Person Don Nuno Alvares Pereira Duke de Cadaval speaking for the rest told him That the Councel of State who were all there present to satisfie their Zeal and the Order that they had received from the Queen his Mother from the Infante his Brother and from the Infanta his Sister and generally from the whole Realm they were come to Supplicate his Majesty that he would change that manner of Living which every day exposed his Life to Danger and put the State into hazard of a deplorable Ruine That it was not Reasonable that his Majesty should be so careless of his Life nor Just that without Cause he should take away the Life of his Subjects which would Alienate the Love they have for him in which principally consists the Art of Reigning That his Majesty would be pleased now to think of himself and of all his Subjects who were ready to pour forth their Blood for his Service That this was the only way to establish Tranquility in the Realm The King was Diverted from this Remonstrance by those who foresaw that the Face of their Fortune would be changed if he should change his Life They had so well Confirm'd him in the Opinion that there was nothing like the Liberty of doing what one would that the Counsel of these Great and Illustrious Ministers was unprofitable His Favourites were not contented to have rendred his Humour violent but would further that he should give himself to naughty Women hoping that that Passion would render him the more capable to Resist stoutly all those who should go about to Condemn his Licentiousness And indeed they had ti'd him to it in such sort that he observed no measure insomuch that he would not so much as be thought Chast He had a Gentleman that always lay in his Anti-chamber who never went to Supper until he was in Bed In the mean time this Gentleman was absent the King often times arose and Arming himself as if to fight a Battle he went out of his Chamber by a Ladder of Ropes followed by Antony and John de Conti and some other Braves all Armed as well as he who seemed to

the King as Subjects If her Majesty should retire for fear best the King should fail to pay that respect which he ows her how could the Ministers hope to maintain their Authority That her Majesty should before hand remove from the King those that were about him and fill up their places with others more capable that this was the only Remedy to correct his evil Inclinations But if this should not produce the wished for Effect and Heaven should not second her good Intentions her Majesty having at least let all the World see it was not her fault that things would be no better she might after this execute with more honour the Resolution which her Piety and those other Considerations had made her to undertake The Queen approved of this Councel as profitable to the King and to the State and her Resolution gave place to that which they had taken of calling the States to see what Remedy they could find for these present Disorders which might have a very ill Sequel for the Remonstrances of the Ministers of State the Advice of a Governour and of a Tutor had not made any Impression on the mind of the King and those cruel mischances the disgraces which had happened to him at the running at the Bulls the Perils that he had escaped in a thousand Rencounters had not rendred him more circumspect In sine That this was not to be wanting in any part of Duty to the King since it was the only means to bring him to himself that in extream and desperate evils violent Remedies are necessary to be used and as they had heretofore laboured with so much success for the recovery of the publick Liberty they ought still to go on with the same vigour to save the State from the Ruin with which it was threatned But as the Convocation of the Estates General would require a long time and their Assembling would be retarded by those who feared it they judged instead of that it might be supplied by the Assembly of the Council of State and Courts of Justice and by a Convocation of the Gentry and of the Commonalty of Lisbon as had been accustom'd to be done in pressing necessities It was then resolved that they should have recourse to this Remedy and whilst the King should be busie in dispatches with the Queeen they should arrest those whom they should think fit and all the Assembly should presently go to render an Accompt of it to the King and to conjure him to approve of the thing as done for the Service of his Majesty and the Good of his Realm This Project was communicated to the Duke de Cadaval to the Marquess of Govea to Don Antony de Meneses Marquess de Marialva to Don Francisco soto Mayor Bishop de Targa to the Count of St. Laurence to the Count of Soure Don Rodrigue de Meneses George de Mello Doctor Nioholas Monteiro to the Secretary Pedro Vieira de Sylva to Father Antony Vieira the Jesuit and to many other Persons of the Court. Antony de Conti was altogether Master of the Kings Mind and in such sort that he meddled with the greatest Affairs Gaspar de Faria private Secretary by order of the King put into his hands oftentimes papers of greatest Concerns and they attributed to his direction the Preparatives that were made for the Marriage of the Queen of England which Edward Montague Earl of Sandwich Ambassador for his Majesty of Great Britain and Admiral of the Fleet which was to convey the Queen seeing he made no difficulty to communicate to him Affairs of the greatest Importance as to a Minister of State and to treat him magnificently aboard his Vessel But whether that Conti had received any advice of what they were contriving against him or that he mistrusted it he began never to leave the Palace unless it were with the King or with those of whom he was very well assured This way he sometime averted the design they had upon his person For to arrest him in the City they could not find the opportunity neither was that very easie and to arrest him in the Palace there it was yet much more difficult for besides that good manners would not permit it they knew it would too much provoke the King Nevertheless they passed over all these scruples and it was resolved that he should be arrested in the Palace To facilitate the Execution of this Enterprise the Queen kept the King with her in the Chamber of Dispatches one Saturday Morning being the 16th of June 1662. and whilst they were there together the Duke de Cadaval Lewis de Mello Captain of the Port and his Son Emanuel de Mello followed by Edward Vas de Orta Osorio one of the Grand Provests of the Court came into the lower Apartment of the King Whilst the Duke stayed there to put Guards at the Door and gave Orders that none might go either in or out Lewis de Mello and his Son went up stairs Assoon as they were come to the Door by which they entered into the two Anti-Chambers of the King they perceived Conti in that next to them But Lewis de Mello seeing the Duke de Cadaval was not with those that followed him he asked aloud where he was Conti having by this discovered what he before had suspected flung himself into the second Anti-Chamber where he shut himself in At the same instant the Duke arrived and would have opened the Door with his seoret key but he could not do it for Conti had on his side put his into the key-hole So that the Duke and Lewis de Mello having push'd softly called to him to open the Door but he would not answer As they were afraid lest Conti should gain the Queens Appartment by the Door which gave Communication between the two Apartments Emanuel de Mello ran with all speed and possest himself of that In the mean time the Duke was got into the Tarrass which overlookt the Chamber of the Indies for fear Conti should save himself that way where finding him putting forth his head between the Bars of the Window he seiz'd him by the Hair Conti seeing himself laid hold on asked Wherefore they did that violence to him The Duke answered him That the King had given him order to Arrest him and that he would do well to open the Door Conti demanded if he would kill him To which the Duke replied No. Whereupon Conti pray'd him to let him go and he would open the Door to which the Duke yielded But so soon as he saw himself at Liberty he changed his mind The Duke and Lewis de Mello knowing the least Retardment was capable of ruining their Project they ordered Andrea de Leiria the keeper of the Kings Tapestry to fetch an Ax. In the mean time the Count de Castlemelhor having had an inkling of it either out of design to acquire the Friendship of Conti or to flatter the King he would have entered into the Chamber of