_ 178 _ In the same year (1553) Dr. João III sent a letter to the Comendador Moore, D. Afonso de Lancaster, the ambassador in Rome, Lisbon, dated September 1553, inquiring about the results of the defeat:(19) Comendador-mor, nephew and friend: I the King send you affectionate greetings. As I was about to send your servant with a reply to all your letters, Gregório Botelho arrived with your communications of the fourth of last month, in which you inform me that you have completed the matter of the legateship of this kingdom for the Cardinal my brother for his lifetime, and that His Holiness has sent me the brief referring to this by one Giovanni Francesco Canobio, his servant, who came as Collector and will leave in ten or fifteen days time. (19) Document no. and reference.
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