saul antónio gomes should be pointed out that in textual structure it is an act that more corresponds to the canons of common notarial forms rather than, as mentioned, to the habitus of the Portuguese royal chancellery. A new king, Afonso III, then assumed the throne.27 He had lived for many years in France, since he was Count of Boulogne-sur-Mèr. We know the will he dictated in 1271. This diploma already contains formulas that were never seen before in the royal chancellery of Portugal. It opens with the Trinitarian invocation (In nomine sancte et indiuidue Trinitatis Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti, amen), anintitulatio (Ego Alfonsus Dei gratia rex Portugaliae et Algarbii), and a relatively brief arenga: Considerations relating to succession rights now have been moved to the final part of the letter. As SanchoII, his brother, had done, AfonsoIII asked the pope, after Afonso’s death, if necessary, to enforce the will “sicut pro iustitia debet facere pro salute animarum”. The will was drawn up in four letters, “sigillatas sigillo meo plumbeo”, each of which, after the king’s death, should be read in public by his will’s executors. The king invokes the queen’s corroboration of his will, thus adding her consent: 247 27 Ventura (2006). 28 Brandão 1974, p. 284v. 29 Brandão 1974, p. 286r. Timens diem mortis meae et considerans districtum iudicium Iesu Christi, integro iudicio, et compos mentis meae, et in mea salute facio testamentum meum, ut Dominus propitietur animae meae, et non consideret peccata mea quibus offendi cum multipliciter et in multis, sed respiciat ad suam magnam misericordiam, et recipiat animam meam in die mortis meae.28 Et ego Beatrix Dei gratia regina Portugaliae et Algarbii, illustris regis Castellae et Legionis filia, praesens sui omnibus supradictis, et consensum praebui, et praebeo mea spontanea voluntate, et iuraui super sancta Dei Euangelia, quod complebo et faciam compleri bene et fideliter pro posse meo omnia et singula supradicta, et huic cedulae sigillum meum pendens apponi feci, in confirmationem et testimonium praemissorum.29
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