_ 115 _ all compassionate Christianity, moved to piety, about whom all scholars write and thus will write. God sent on his prophet John [so that] Christ was received with the word of God, Lord of all times and of pure miracles, healer of lepers and the deaf; He who brought the dead back to life, may He be the subject of our prayer... for ever until the day of judgment and of reward. O high, mighty and just King Dom João, the days of whose life God increases, and his power and estate, his honour and justice, granting him all his wishes as well as those of [the people of this] land, who are under his sway. Lord, I always ask for Your Highness’s health, peace and... honour. You are my Highness God be praised. It is to be honoured for ever with peace and health to do that which you command. After informing [you] of this goodwill, I [wish to] inform you that I wrote to you via Manuel de Macedo. I gave a beautiful, engraved sword to the Governor, Nuno da Cunha, for him to send on to Your Highness; but he did not want to take it and ordered Manuel de Macedo not to take it from me. I worked well with [Nuno da Cunha], [but] he never wanted to take it. I told him that it was my wish to send the sword to the King of Portugal [so] in principle he accepted but afterwards he did not want to take it and
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