_ 411 _ be wise, if the King agrees, that it be suggested to the King of Portugal that he should give orders to his ministers in the parts closest to Persia that, on his own account and without any persuasion or incitement from others, they should approach the Persian in the same way as was intended by the embassy from here, to convince and urge him how advantageous it would be to him, in defence and attack against the Turk, to form a league and confederation with two such powerful monarchs. They should express the hope that, both being enemies of the Turk, if he were perhaps to invite and request them, they would form a league with him, and to that end he should send his ambassadors here. Apart from other considerations, this would bring more credit to both Majesties. If the Catholic Majesty agrees, the Imperial Majesty entreats him to lose no time in discussing it with the King of Portugal so that he will agree and conform with what His Majesty does and arranges. His Catholic Majesty, having seen what his dear brother the Emperor has replied in the letter given to Monsieur de Chantone, his ambassador, concerning the three points under discussion between them at the present time, that is, the marriages of his children, the league against the Turk and the sending of ambassadors to the Sophy, and
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