saul antónio gomes This passage is followed by an exposition on the succession to the throne, with the distribution list of gifts. The will concludes with the request to the pope to, if necessary, enforce it. It does not present asanctio or any other final clauses except for the validation announcement clause: “Ut autem hec mea manda melius possit adimplere precepi fieri XIII Cartas meo plumbeo secreto munitas, quarum unam tenet….”.20 The third will of this monarch, dated 1221, is written also in Latin. The initial protocol repeats the habitus of the royal chancellery already stated: invocatio (In Dei nomine), intitulatio (Ego Alfonsus Dei gratia Portug. Rex), and narration or arenga: Next comes a clause about the mode of succession to the throne, declaring that it should be transmitted to the firstborn son, and considers the procedure in case of the death of the son before he inherits or is a minor at the time of the beginning of his reign.22 The king’s long list of donations is then stated. The diploma does not containa sanctio, nor a statement of the forms of validation, other than referring to its being a multiple document of which eight copies were produced: 245 19 Veloso 2000, pp. 279–282. 20 Veloso 2000, pp. 279–282. 21 Brandão 1974, pp. 269v–270r. 22 Brandão 1974, p. 278. Timens diem mortis meae incolumis existendo, ad salutem animae mea et ad utilitatem filiorum meorum et totius regni mei et vassalorum meorum, condidi testamentum, quod tam in vita mea, quam post obitum meum, filii mei et vassali mei et regnum meum et cuncta que diuina pietas mihi possidendo contulit, in pace et tranquilitate permaneant.21 Vt autem haec mea manda melius possit, praecipi fieri viij cartas meo sigillo plumbeo munitas, quarum unam tenet abbas Alcupatiae, secundam prior Sanctae Crucis, tertiam magister Templi, IIIIºam prior Hospitalis, quintam Urrace et filiorum meorum et tocius regni mei et vassalorum meorum condidi testamentum quo tam in vita mea quam post obitum meum uxor mea et filii mei et vassalli mei et regnum et cuncta que divina pietas mihi possidenda contulit in pace et tranquilitate permaneant. In primo….19
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