Foral - Maia, Portugal - 1519
Below is an example of a Foral, which is a form of city charter. This example is from Maia, Portugal
Transcription | Line | Translation |
fforal da terra ⁊ cō- | 1 | City Charter of the land and coun- |
-çeiho de maya dras pellas Imquiricções. | 2 | -cil of Maia after the inquiries |
Dom Manuel ⁊ cꝉ’ | 3 | Dom Manoel and [cꝉ’] |
poʃto que os foros tribu- | 4 | Given that the tax jurisdic- |
-tos ⁊ ditos R’s deʃta | 5 | -tions and said responsibilities of this |
terra ⁊ comçelho damaya | 6 | land and council of Maia |
foʃʃem antiguamēte poʃtos | 7 | were formerly placed |
em Jmqujricções da noʃʃa torre dotom- | 8 | in inquiries from our tower of Tom- |
-bo ⁊ em algūas outras lembranças | 9 | -bo and in some other memories. |
Porem ao tēpo dofazimento deʃte | 10 | Nevertheless, at the time of the making of this |
foral nã ʃe pagauam os ditos foros | 11 | city charter, the said tributes were not paid |
⁊ dr̄tos pellos ditos tombos nem | 12 | and the rights by said tombos nor |
eʃcrituras antiguas ʃoomente per pra- | 13 | ancient writings only by dead- |
-zos ⁊ outros comçertos ⁊ poʃʃes | 14 | -lines and other concerts and [holdings |
amtiguas em que os foreiros dosditos | 15 | ancient] in which the foreiros of the said |
dr̄tos eʃtam paçificamente com os... | 16 | rights are peacefully with the... |
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