_ 124 _ the Parsios, which is what they call the Persians here, for which reason this year the fortress of Ormuz was the most successful, due to the great amount of trade which they had with the mainland. Thus the princes of Europe wished to make use of this occasion to get the better of the Turks: Since they put them in a tight spot, as they say, peace was made with almost all(A) before the army was sent here; and so they fight when they wish and make peace with us when they wish, but their day will come, and it appears that it is already beginning. der Papste IV 258-59 (the Persian victory is noted in Rome at the beginning of 1579). (A) The Venetian republic made, a separate peace with the Turks at the turn of the year 1573, and in. 1578-79 Philip II overturned the armistice with them (for further reading see Pastor IX 235-49). Another location: Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo: Armario Jesuítico no 28 (Cartas do Japao ff 118v-20r).
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