ad. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1553. 



time as upon the king his masters displeasure (and not 



for any other crime or offence, as may appeare by the 



said letters) he was only for povertie inforced to come 



Time ado first j nto England, where he first perswaded our marchants to 



perswa e our attem p t t h e sa ij voyages to Guinea. But as the king 



wen to the vot- 1/0 o 



age of Guinea. °f Portugall too late repented him that he had so 



punished Pinteado, upon malicious informations of such 



as envied the mans good fortune : even so may it hereby 



appeare that in some cases even Lions themselves may 



either be hindered by the contempt, or aided by the help 



of the poore mise, according unto the fable of Esope. 



The copie of Anthonie Anes Pinteado his letters 

 patents, whereby the king of Portugall made 

 him knight of his house, after all his troubles 

 and imprisonment, which, by wrong infor- 

 mation made to the king, he had susteined 

 of long time, being at the last delivered, his 

 cause knowen and manifested to the king by 

 a gray Frier the kings Confessor. 



The king doe give you to understand lord Francis 

 Desseaso, one of my counsell and overseer of my 

 house, that in consideration of the good service which 

 Anthony Anes Pinteado, the sonne of John Anes, dwel- 

 ling in the towne called the Port, hath done unto me, 

 my will and pleasure is, to make him knight of my 

 Seven hun- house, allowing to him in pension seven hundred reis 

 area rets are m0 nethly, and every day one alcayre of barly, as long as 

 J k awe if ^ e keepeth a horse, & to be paid according to the 

 halfeabushell. ordinance of my house. Providing alwaies that he shall 

 receive but one marriage gift. And this also in such 

 condition, that the time which is accepted in our ordi- 

 nance, forbidding such men to marry for getting such 

 children as might succeede them in this allowance, which 

 is 6 yeres after the making of this patent, shalbe first 

 expired before he do marry. 1 therfore command you 

 to cause this to be entred in the booke called the 



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