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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

them Many sumptuous and costely temples houses of relygyō be there as well of other as of saynt Fraūces order where dayly is vsed diuine seruyce Ouer y e hyghest parte of a gate in the cytye whyche they call saynte Mary da sera be kept had in great veneracyon honour the bones of that capytayne Alfonsus Dalbuberque But nowe after y t Mathew had arriued from the town of Dabull in the hauen of Goa the Capitayne Alfonsus cōmaunded hym to come vnto him He denyed sayd he wold not come out of the shyppes alledgynge y t he was not the legate of any meane prince but of y e hygh mighty emꝑour of Inde Prester Iohn̄ hereūto added that it were not cōuenyēt nor metely that thembassatour of so hygh a myghty chrystened emperour shold be receyued to so noble a duke as Alfonsus is wythout dewe reuerence honour Thē Alfonsus callyng to gether his clerkes prestes all his nobilite y t were nigh at hand goth forth namely syns he was y e embassatour of thēperour Prester Iohn̄s to mete hym wyth crosses and such other ornamentes of the chyrche the prestes and clerkes syngynge this hymne Te deum laudamus within a fewe dayes after Alfonsus began to aske hym of his legacy to whome he answered y t he was sent from prester Iohn̄ vnto the most Crystened prynce Emanuel kynge of Portīgale that he ought onely to open the cause of hys embassate to no creature but vnto hym alone whych when he hard the duke Alfonsus axed hym no further questyons wythin a whyle after when he saw his time this Mathew this noble yonge mā y e Ebyssyne with al his company makyng hast toward Portyngale Alfonsus very gentylly accōpanied him vnto y e hauen where takyng shyppyng frō Goa they cam toward Portīgale All this shewed vn me this George Lupe Dandrade that he knewe of a suerty for trewth for as myche as we haue shewed you before the great rular of Inde Lupꝰ Soarez had sent him from the Ile of Camara as a spye amonge the Ebyssynes vnder the pretexte of marchaūdyse to serche out the trewth of that legacye when he that noble yonge man the Ebyssyne wyth all his famyly came to Portyngale my selfe as I haue shewed your holynes byfore was by whome I both saw and spoke often wyth all He was a man of mean stature very whitly visaged and somwhat sallowe wyth a syde hore here wyth a longe whyte berde whych a lyttell more at lēgth I haue shewed your holynes to thentēt you with all other y t be desyrous to know the very trewth shall not thynke yt be a lye or fayned Of the people of Pilapes I Very well remembre me ryght reuerēt father howe you shewed me at my laste beynge wyth you that vnder your archbyshopryke was y e same wyld regyō of Scythyce other wise calleth Pilape where they neyther knowe god or Chryste nor aw haue they none amonges theym for theym to lyue by Surely a very myserable case a thynge nothynge chrystenlike consydered of your men For yt was tolde me bothe of good men vertuous men also and that for a suerty to that your nobles the more shame for theym were in faute why those people were no better then brute bestes nor came to chrystendome For so they fere they shall lese a great parte of theyre pollynge and pyllynge and theyr accustomed rauenous roberye thorough the whyche they pytyfully oppresse with insacyable auaryce those sylly pore innocent people And therfore I desyred you then yet agayne in Chrystes name do and that not I alone but also as many as thynke as I do that syns yt is your offyce as beynge theyre herdman and they cōmytted to you by god you wold cause those nobles of yours to leue theyr couetous crueltye and so in conclusyon to brynge those symple soules to the knowlege of Cryste and so payenge theyr dew trybutes to theyr kynges as other crysten people do to theyre prynces Let those nobles of yours take hede therfore what they do that they compell not so great a folde of shepe in tyme to come in the presence of that iuste iudge Iesu Cryste to axe iudgement of that tyranny of theyrs I desyre your holynes to do that lyeth in you whyche doyenge se what glory and what rewarde you shall obtayne of god what prays and laude bysydes of the worlde No more to your holynes but thus fare you well I suppose that I shalbe shortly at Portyngale with the kynges hyghnes or elles at Germany But where so euer I become I shall be holly yours I pray you I may be hertly recomēded vnto your brother Olaus the great Goth a very specyall frende and louer of myne At Antwerpe out of the comyn houses of our realme of Portyngale in the Calendas of December the yere of our god M.D.xxxi ¶ Prynted by W. Rastell in Fletestrete in saynte Brydys chyrch yarde 1533 Cum priuilegio

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

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