_ 38 _ In the same year (1571) Pope Pius V sent a letter to Don Sebastian asking the King to write in request for support from the Shah of Persia against the Turks, Rome, on the 17th of November 1571:(13) Brief of Pope Pius V. to the King 1571 November 17 To our most dear son in Christ, greetings and papal blessings. We believe that the great and glorious victory over the Turks, granted to us by the benevolence of Almighty God (of which we have informed Your Majesty in recent days through our letters) will be of such assistance to the universal Christian Republic, that truly nothing greater of that kind can ever be conceived; if only henceforth the Christian princes, and other kings whose (13) Document no. and reference.
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