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Show \ X Saint Lewis King of France ‘ Talt RI | HE IR 18 he words of Ercaltay (et by th Power of the High God from t King o "the'Land of Chaam, unto the Gica King, the Strenuous or Viforiou nque‘rour of many Provinces, the Swor of the World, the Vi&tory of Chrifl anity,th i HE R L B "Defender of the Apoftolical Rel igion Son of the Evangelical Law, King o "France, let God increafe his Dominion and preferve his Dominion for man ¢ years, and fulfil his defires in the Law, a d in the World now, and-in the Worl "to come by the Verity of his Divine Powe , that leadeth all men, and al] ¢he Pro ¢ phets, and Apoftles, Amen. Anhundr d thoufands of Salutes, and Benedi&io "and this:d requeft, that he wil] accept the e Benedi®ions, and thae they may ap"pear great in- his fight ; God grant t at Imay behold this magnificent King " who hath approached {oe near un o us. -Now the moft high Creato s ou " meeting may be in Chariry, and caufe u to affemble together in Unity No ¢ after thisour Salutation, let th 1] 4 ( t { ] VAR " L 7 1 l" " e dently exhorteth him to accomplifh the f th him, an Haolon e bECaU(e At is worthy of confiderati n I thought requilite here to infert t. Thi Ry i _the Exemplar or Tran [cript of th Letter which Ercaltay Prince of the Tartar fent unto King Lewis, and by bhis comman tranflated into Latine word for word ¢ e A o ch Epiftle he ar ‘ eo Stt who was alfo at the {ame time inten undertaken againft-the Mabometans in the H and of Cyprus 3 in wh V 1 ATHAN AS1VS K IRCHE King know, that in this our Epiftle we int nd ¢ nothing but the advantage of Chriftia ity, and the flrengthening of the ha ds o "-the Chriftians, and I befcech God, to ender the Chriftian Armijes fuccefsful, n ¢ that they may becom of Saint Lewi unto the Em Theprefens erour of th R the Tran(cript of the forefaid Letter o Ercql #ay were fent by the venerable Legat This I hay tranfcribed out of Antonins Allo Saint Lewis fent unto the fore- entioned Ercaltay, and to the grea Cham EMballadours of the Ocder of Saint Dominick Prefents T f‘},ti:inér::t'" whereof one was that which thcy call a a d c m w x t g e C a commandam ed to* be {ent nato im, a moft precious an magnificent Prelent, in which h whole Life of Chrift was beheld in erwoven in Tapeftry-work by wond rful Ar together with a piece of the Crofs Byt concerning this, fee more ¢ l rge Sain Antonins in the placecited ; as alf Vincentins Bifhop of Bellay in his S eculu Hiftor; RI / -- " SRR Lew conlonant, which a little before wer prefent ed unto the fame King from the Kin of Cyprusy and the Count of Foppas Tran{cript of whichalfo, together wit -- 1-‘_: f Sain A G QTG 2 i W p- JheLeeers e = e S S T x S i semags ep e s S2 - triumphant over their Adverfaries that con fs ¢ Now on the part, or behalf of the great Kin , lec God advance him, let God jg ¢ creafe his Magnificence in the prelence of yochaym : we come with Power an ® Command, that all Chriftians be free f om Servitude and Tribute, from Force ¢ Compulfion, and the like, and that the be honoured, and had in reverence, an ¢ that none taketh away, or depriveth th m of their Poffeflions > and that their d "molifhed Churches be re-edified, their Tab es {ounded, and that no perfon ma "reftrain them to pray with 2 quiet confci nce, and free mind for onr King; no " we have fent hither by our faithful Servant id ¢ and by Mark, and they declare thofe go d Reports, and relate by word of mout ¢ in prefence, how marters are carried ith us ; now the Son may receive the " words, and may concredit them, and i our Letters the King of the Earth may b "exalted : his Magnificence commandeth that in the Law of God there be nodif"ference between the Grecian and the Roma , the drmenian, Neftorian, and Faco¢ bite, and all thofe that adore the Crof 5 for they are all one with us, and { w ¢ defire that the magnificent King woul not be divided,or be contrary amongft u " but that his Picty may be fhown upo all the Chriftians, and that his Goodne "and Clemency may continue Thus far the Example of the Epiftle hich wa fent unto the King of Franee into Cypru from Ercaltay Prince of the Tartars, unt which other Letters are {ufficient] |