_ 44 _ In the same year (1572) A statement was issued on the victories of the Portuguese in India, a Minutes of the embassy of Portugal, Lisbon, on the 26th of February 1572, and that the Christian kingdoms united their forces against the Turks:(15) Most noble and honoured Shah Tamhasp, Shah of Persia. I, Dom Sebastião, by the grace of God King of Portugal and the Algarves here and beyond the sea in Africa, Lord of Guinea and of the conquest, navigation and commerce of Ethiopia, Arabia, Persia, India, etc., inform you that the Holy Father Pius V, at present Head of the Church of God, summoned the Christian Princes to join him and the Venetians in a League against the Turk. (15) Document no. and reference.
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