_ 508 _ in Portuguese so that the Portuguese who are there may know what is being said. It is also my opinion that His Holiness should send another of his brief’s to Bishop Dom Andre, whom I have been informed, resides in the court of the prester to whom the said Antonio Pinto is being sent, so that the bishop may present him and , by virtue of what he is writing to him and of the opinion that is given to him in the Prester’s brief, he may be able to talk to him at length on this very subject. Antonio Pinto should bring an instruction to convince him of what is intended in everything that must be done, and as resident ambassador of Your Highness, I shall write a letter to prester John to improve on what Antonio Pinto brings and to make an excuse for his omitting to bring a letter from Your Highness. I shall also write those letters that seem necessary to the bishop and to Gaspar de Sousa and to other Portuguese. I shall send copies of His Holiness’s briefs and of other letters to Your Highness as soon as we have finished clarifying everything. Antonio Pinto should bring an instruction to convince him of what is intended that must be done, and as resident
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