_ 424 _ In the same year (1567) Philip II, King of Spain, sent a letter to D. Alonso de Tovar, his Ambassador to Portugal, Madrid, on the 22nd of December 1567, regarding friendship with Persia, and working against The Turks:(29) Dom Alonso de Tovar, member of mu council and my Ambassador: From what I have written to you on several occasions you all understand the intention of my brother the Emperor and myself to send some to the King of Persia with a mandate to make a friendly agreement with him, such as my nephew the King of Portugal has, and to induce him on my behalf to inflict all the harm he can on the Turk, his and our common enemy. This, as you can see, would be of great importance by (29) Document no. and reference.
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