Foral - Maia, Portugal - 1519
Below is an example of a Foral, which is a form of city charter. This example is from Maia, Portugal.
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fforal da terra ⁊ cō- |
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City Charter of the land and coun- |
-çeiho de maya dras pellas Imquiricções. |
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-cil of Maia after the inquiries |
Dom Manuel ⁊ cꝉ’ |
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Dom Manoel and [cꝉ’] |
poʃto que os foros tribu- |
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Given that the tax jurisdic- |
-tos ⁊ ditos R’s deʃta |
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-tions and said responsibilities of this |
terra ⁊ comçelho damaya |
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land and council of Maia |
foʃʃem antiguamēte poʃtos |
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were formerly placed |
em Jmqujricções da noʃʃa torre dotom- |
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in inquiries from our tower of Tom- |
-bo ⁊ em algūas outras lembranças |
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-bo and in some other memories. |
Porem ao tēpo dofazimento deʃte |
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Nevertheless, at the time of the making of this |
foral nã ʃe pagauam os ditos foros |
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city charter, the said tributes were not paid |
⁊ dr̄tos pellos ditos tombos nem |
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and the rights by said tombos nor |
eʃcrituras antiguas ʃoomente per pra- |
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ancient writings only by dead- |
-zos ⁊ outros comçertos ⁊ poʃʃes |
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-lines and other concerts and [holdings |
amtiguas em que os foreiros dosditos |
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ancient] in which the foreiros of the said |
dr̄tos eʃtam paçificamente com os... |
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rights are peacefully with the... |
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