A
brief
Relation
of
the
just
Title
of
Alphonso
,
now
King
of
Portugal
.
IT
is
the
opinion
of
many
,
that
the
Right
and
Title
to
the
Crown
of
Portugal
resides
in
the
Kings
of
Spain
,
an
Errour
springing
either
from
their
not
knowing
the
Genealogies
of
those
Princes
,
or
from
an
apprehension
that
sixty
years
possession
by
the
Austrian
Family
could
make
a
Title
indubitable
,
which
was
never
warranted
by
right
of
blood
,
or
by
the
Laws
of
Portugal
.
It
is
true
,
Philip
the
Second
,
who
seized
upon
that
Kingdom
,
was
the
Son
of
a
Portugal
Princess
,
but
she
had
a
Brother
,
whose
issue
yet
remains
,
and
from
whom
descends
the
present
King
of
Portugal
,
who
being
descended
from
a
Brother
,
must
be
preferred
before
the
issue
of
the
Sister
,
the
Male
being
adjudged
the
better
by
all
the
Laws
of
Christendom
,
though
perhaps
among
the
Amazons
the
Laws
were
otherwise
.
But
to
make
good
this
Title
,
I
must
run
back
to
the
beginning
of
the
Portugal
Monarchy
,
and
present
you
with
some
of
their
Fundamental
Laws
,
whose
Authority
can
never
be
gainsaid
.
In
the
Year
1139.
Don
Alphonso
,
General
of
the
Portugal
Army
,
then
ready
to
encounter
with
five
Mahometan
Kings
,
commanding
an
Army
of
four
hundred
thousand
Moors
,
was
unanimously
saluted
King
,
which
Legion
of
Locusts
by
his
courage
and
conduct
were
put
to
flight
,
and
easily
became
the
first
Trophies
to
this
conquering
King
.
And
now
the
angry
storm
of
War
blown
over
,
the
King
betakes
himself
to
the
Arts
of
Peace
,
to
make
good
Laws
,
which
was
done
by
assembling
the
three
Estates
in
the
City
of
Lamego
,
where
were
enacted
many
Laws
,
which
they
justly
account
their
Fundamentals
,
as
unalterable
as
those
of
the
Medes
and
Persians
,
made
Sacred
by
the
observation
of
them
both
by
Prince
and
People
,
to
the
holy
tye
of
which
they
both
oblieg'd
their
Faith
;
these
Laws
then
are
the
ground
on
which
we
build
,
and
from
whence
we
shall
easily
justifie
the
undoubted
Title
of
the
now
King
of
Portugal
.
First
,
it
was
Enacted
,
that
his
Son
,
and
Grandson
,
and
so
forward
,
should
reign
after
him
in
secula
seculorum
,
but
if
the
King
have
only
Daughters
,
the
Eldest
should
be
Queen
after
her
Father
,
upon
condition
she
be
married
to
a
Native
of
Portugal
,
and
that
he
be
a
Nobleman
,
who
shall
not
take
upon
him
the
name
of
a
King
,
untill
he
hath
a
Son
born
,
nor
wear
a
Crown
on
his
head
,
nor
take
the
right
hand
of
his
Wife
.
But
that
which
I
insist
on
,
is
the
last
clause
which
I
shall
faithfully
transcribe
.
Sit
ista
Lex
in
sempiternum
,
quod
Prima
Filia
Regis
accipiat
maritum
de
Portugale
,
ut
non
veniat
regnum
ad
Extraneos
;
&
si
casaverit
cum
Principe
extraneo
,
non
sit
Regina
:
quia
nunquam
volumus
nostrum
Regnum
ire
de
Portugalensibus
qui
nos
sua
fortitudine
Reges
fecerunt
,
fine
adjutorio
alieno
,
per
suam
fortitudinem
&
cum
sanguine
suo
.
Let
it
be
a
Law
for
ever
,
that
the
Kings
Eldest
Daughter
marry
a
Native
of
Portugal
,
that
so
the
Crown
may
never
descend
to
Strangers
;
and
in
case
she
should
marry
a
Prince
that
is
a
Stranger
,
let
her
not
be
Queen
:
for
we
will
never
have
our
Kingdom
go
out
of
the
Race
of
the
Portugals
,
who
have
made
us
Kings
by
their
own
Valour
,
with
out
forreign
assistance
,
by
their
own
valour
,
and
with
the
effusion
of
their
own
blood
.
This
Law
was
put
in
execution
after
the
death
of
Fernando
the
ninth
King
of
that
Race
;
for
Donna
Beatrice
his
Daughter
,
being
married
to
a
forreign
Prince
,
was
excluded
,
and
King
John
the
First
was
advanced
to
the
Throne
,
from
whom
descended
Emmanuel
the
fourteenth
King
,
who
had
six
Sons
and
two
Daughters
.
-
1.
Don
John
,
afterwards
King
,
Father
of
John
Prince
of
Portugal
,
Father
of
Sebastian
,
King
of
Portugal
,
slain
in
Affrica
,
1578.
without
issue
.
-
2
Son
was
Don
Lewis
,
who
left
no
issue
Legitimate
.
-
3
Son
Don
Fernando
,
who
died
without
issue
.
-
4
Son
Don
Alphonso
Cardinal
,
Archbishop
of
Lisbon
,
and
Abbot
of
Alcobaza
,
never
married
.
-
5
Son
Don
Henry
,
Cardinal
,
and
Archbishop
of
Braga
,
afterwards
King
.
-
6
Son
Don
Edward
,
who
left
two
Daughters
,
the
Eldest
was
Mary
,
married
out
of
the
Kingdom
to
Alexander
Duke
of
Parma
;
the
Younger
was
Katherine
,
married
in
Portugal
to
John
Duke
of
Braganza
,
Grandfather
of
John
the
Fourth
,
King
of
Portugal
,
Father
of
Alphonso
now
reigning
.
Of
King
Emmanuels
two
Daughters
,
the
Eldest
was
married
to
the
Emperour
Charles
the
5th
.
Father
of
Philip
the
Second
,
King
of
Spain
,
Grandfather
of
Philip
the
Fourth
,
from
whom
it
was
regained
by
the
Right
Heir
.
The
youngest
Daughter
of
Emmanuel
King
of
Portugal
was
married
to
the
Duke
of
Savoy
,
Father
of
Philip
Duke
of
Savoy
.
After
the
death
of
King
Sebastian
,
slain
as
aforesaid
without
Issue
,
the
Crown
of
Portugal
sell
to
his
gre●●
Uncle
,
Henry
the
Cardinal
,
at
67.
years
of
age
,
who
sweyed
the
Scepter
two
years
,
and
died
unmarried
:
Now
the
Masculine
Race
of
Emmanuel
being
extinct
,
the
Female
,
according
to
the
Fundamental
Laws
of
Lamego
,
were
to
succeed
.
There
were
several
Pretenders
,
as
Philip
the
Second
of
Spain
,
whose
Mother
was
daughter
to
Emmanuel
,
and
the
Duke
of
Savoy
,
descended
from
the
youngest
Daughter
of
Emmanuel
,
and
both
of
them
could
but
pretend
a
Title
,
for
they
had
no
Right
.
The
True
and
Undoubted
Right
rested
in
the
Children
of
Don
Edward
,
one
of
the
Sons
of
Emmanuel
as
aforesaid
,
and
Brother
to
the
King
of
Spains
Mother
,
and
the
Duke
of
Parma's
the
fore-mentioned
Pretenders
.
He
left
,
as
we
said
,
two
Daughters
,
Mary
,
the
Eldest
,
married
to
the
Duke
of
Parma
;
and
Katherine
,
the
Youngest
,
to
the
Duke
of
Braganza
,
Rainuccio
Prince
of
Parma
,
though
the
Son
of
the
Eldest
Daughter
of
Prince
Edward
,
could
not
succeed
,
because
his
Mother
was
married
out
of
Portugal
,
for
the
Fundamental
Laws
,
which
were
those
of
Lamego
,
as
upon
the
Failer
of
the
Male
Line
,
they
made
the
Female
capable
of
Succession
,
did
it
with
this
restriction
,
that
they
should
be
married
within
Portugal
,
if
they
married
any
Forreign
Prince
,
they
should
have
no
Right
in
the
Succession
,
which
was
barr'd
by
this
Match
of
Princess
Mary
with
the
Duke
of
Parma
,
an
Italian
,
and
it
was
great
reason
that
this
Law
,
which
was
twin-born
with
the
Monarchy
of
Portugal
,
should
be
justly
observed
,
and
was
so
,
after
the
death
of
Don
Fernando
,
the
9th
.
King
,
whose
Daughter
was
excluded
the
Succession
,
by
vertue
of
this
Law
of
Lamego
,
which
both
Prince
and
People
were
sworn
to
observe
;
nor
can
any
think
it
hard
measure
to
the
Dukes
of
Parma
,
to
be
excluded
the
Succession
to
the
Crown
,
being
descended
of
Prince
Edwards
Eldest
Daughter
,
and
that
the
Duke
of
Braganza
,
descended
of
the
Younger
Daughter
,
who
married
with
a
Native
of
Portugal
,
should
have
the
undoubted
Right
:
For
had
it
not
been
for
that
Law
,
which
excludes
the
Daughter
of
Portugal
,
i●
married
to
a
stranger
,
Emmanuel
(
the
Father
of
Prince
Edward
,
from
whom
the
Duke
of
Parma
claimes
)
had
never
been
King
,
but
it
had
gone
with
the
Daughter
of
Fernando
the
9th
.
King
of
Portugal
,
justly
excluded
by
their
Laws
,
for
marrying
with
a
Forreigner
;
and
the
posterity
of
the
Eldest
Daughter
cannot
quarrel
with
this
Clause
in
the
Law
of
Lamego
,
seing
it
was
that
very
Clause
,
and
that
alone
,
that
brought
the
Sovereignty
to
the
Line
of
Emmanuel
,
from
whom
the
Prince
of
Parma
descends
.
Katherine
the
Youngest
Daughter
of
Prince
Edward
,
marryed
to
the
Duke
of
Braganza
,
a
Native
of
Portugal
,
could
only
lay
a
just
claim
to
the
Crown
.
But
Philip
the
Second
,
of
Spain
,
though
he
could
not
pretend
so
far
as
the
Duke
of
Parma
,
as
being
descended
from
a
Daughter
,
whose
Brothers
Heirs
must
in
all
reason
be
preferred
before
hers
,
yet
to
acquire
a
Kingdom
,
which
might
joyn
the
whole
Continent
of
Spain
together
in
one
hand
,
he
dis-inherits
all
Right
,
and
by
his
Martial
Favourite
the
Duke
of
Alva
,
invades
Portugal
with
an
Army
,
marching
directly
towards
Lisbon
,
where
wisely
striking
at
the
Head
,
he
brought
a
whole
Kingdom
on
their
Knees
,
and
receives
a
Crown
,
adorned
with
the
richest
Jewels
of
the
East
,
(
that
Nation
having
many
rich
Factories
there
)
which
hapned
in
the
Year
,
1580.
Being
thus
possest
,
he
left
it
to
his
Son
Philip
3d
and
he
to
Philip
4th
till
the
Year
1640.
When
on
a
sudden
,
not
only
Portugal
,
but
the
Islands
and
Territories
thereunto
belonging
(
Ceuta
in
Barbary
excepted
)
fell
from
the
Spaniard
like
a
Dream
,
and
awakened
its
old
Glory
and
Freedom
,
in
the
Person
of
the
Duke
of
Braganza
(
Grandson
of
that
Duke
of
Braganza
that
married
Katherine
,
Daughter
of
Prince
Edward
,
Son
of
Emmanuel
,
King
of
Portugal
)
then
presently
proclaimed
by
the
Name
of
John
the
4th
.
King
of
Portugal
,
and
so
own'd
by
all
Princes
,
whom
the
Austrian
Greatness
did
not
over-awe
;
who
dying
,
left
his
Crown
descending
by
a
Just
and
Undoubted
Title
to
Alphonso
the
Sixth
,
now
King
of
Portugal
.
FINIS
.