_ 409 _ but someone will be appointed, and there are many who lay claim to it. The Pope said yesterday to a person of great authority, that it had been decided to send one as he knew from natives of Portugal that briefs from the Papal See were not obeyed. I do not dare suspect who the author of such a falsehood and treason could be; but I think that the same person would advise on the way of taking possession, because if it is taken his advice will be praised and if it is refused, he will be right about briefs being disobeyed. But because the truth is always truth and falsehood will always become apparent, Your Highness must proceed as I have said, and we will know here how to explain the information. I still think, from some precedents, that Canobio will bear a commission to say that the legateship will be conceded to the cardinal, in order to facilitate their claim to Pombeiro, and after they have possessed it, I think they will return to what is most convenient for them. I will continue to enquire into this matter according to my instructions, and when Your Highness writes to His Holiness it will give me more strength, because they have been told that I do not have the authority to be so persistent.
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