_ 46 _ I have decided that I should inform you of these matters and the present situation so that you can take advantage of this opportunity against the Turk, your ancient enemy, and make war on him in whatever ways you can, so that by attacking him from so many directions that his total destruction can be achieved, I hope in Our Lord that this will very soon by brought about. I am sending with this letter a person who will give it to you so that he can convey to you on my behalf the aim and intention by which I am inspired, and can out before you in greater detail the many reasons why you should be glad to seize this occasion. For my part I very much hope that you will so that not only will you make your state secure but also that it will be a means of increasing and expanding it further. You may be fully confident of the person who will give you this letter (whom I am sending for this purpose alone) as you would of myself in person. In this matter you will be doing what is to your advantage and what all Christian kings and princes can reasonably expect of you and your state - since the destruction of our common enemy will result in the good of all. I have undertaken to give you this informtion, and I trust that on these rounds and because I ask it, you will
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