_ 191 _ things against reason and certain hope. Moreover, Holy Father, concerning these offences for which the Sultan, on behalf of the infidels, complains about the King our father, he hold us as participants. Your Holiness must not forget that as long as the marriage between ourselves and the most dear queen our wife endures, always [...] in this pure will. Our best dowry is that we hold all the mosque of the Moors of Castile and anywhere else that were subject to the king our father, and that before reaching maturity their children were removed from the teachings and errors of their fathers and receive henceforward the water of holy baptism, dying as Christians, which thing, to our great pleasure and benefit was done, to the glory of God. Concerning the thoughtless and dishonest vengeance and threats that the cruel Sultan with little self-denial and [...] made against the holy sepulchre of Jesus Christ, the sole redeemer of our salvation, we cannot overlook this. It grieves us very much, and with much severity it may be agreed this is not undeserved. However, when with little restraint the inhuman barbarian dared to say such things, which seem to insult your religion, to Your Holiness, who is the true head of our faith, they carry an insult to your religion and a persecution of grief.
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