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T Cortes dos Reis de Port. 



Os Statutes da Universidad de 



Coiinb feit s por D. "ouc 3, 

 Cortes d tlrej D, Maiioel em Santarem. 

 ' d'elrej D. Joao 3. em Almerin. 



The following Excerpts of Letters are from an Eng^ 

 lijh Gentleman, who had resided feveral Years in 

 Portugal. 



Your learned friend Mr has thought 



of an Herculean labour, and such materials as he 

 wants, will be difficult to meet with. He appears 

 to me to Intend to take In the time from John i. 

 to the Ph'ips, about 150 jears ; no doubt the bril- 

 liant period of the Portuguese history. The life 

 oi D.Joao 2 hy Resende, Is a book much to his 

 purpose, but it is now very hard to be met with. 

 Pedro Niines's book of navigation, printed in 1573, 

 I have got, and no doubt it is in many of our pu- 

 blic libraries. I have a 4to. edition of Osorios dc 

 rebus Emmanuelis regis Lusitani.e, printed Lifbon 

 1571 ; but in our libraries there must be all his 

 works, which were printed at Rome in four vo- 

 lumes /0//0. I have a scaTce book of Duardus 

 Nonius Leo, printed Lifbon 1585, of the kings of 

 Portugal. I have many modern books of tlie 

 Portuguese history, which are easily to be found. 

 A book was printed last year at Lifton, called Re. 

 pertorio chronologico das leys pragtnaticas aharas, 

 cartas, regias, decretos, feraese, ditais, rcgimentos, 

 estatutos, &c. &c from 1143 to king Emmanuel, 

 which is to your friend's purpose. History is not 



