_ 28 _ Since Reis Nur al-Din requested me to grant him the favour of confirming this writ, I have duly considered it and it is my wish to confirm it, as I do by this present, to be observed and respected in the manner contained and declared in it, although it has not been issued by the chancery notwithstanding the ordinance to the contrary. Baltasar Ribeiro wrote it in Lisbon on 12 February 1571. This will be valid and have effect as if it were a Letter written in my name and sealed with my seal attached, notwithstanding the ordinance of Book 2, title 20 which lays down the contrary. I Bartolomeu Fruis ordered this to be written. The King
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