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Foral - Maia, Portugal - 1519


Below is an example of a Foral, which is a form of city charter. This example is from Maia, Portugal.

Portuguese-Transcription/Foral-Maia-Portugal-1519

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fforal da terra ⁊ cō-1City Charter of the land and coun-
-çeiho de maya dras pellas Imquiricções.2-cil of Maia after the inquiries
Dom Manuel ⁊ cꝉ’3Dom Manoel and [cꝉ’]
poʃto que os foros tribu-4Given that the tax jurisdic-
-tos ⁊ ditos R’s deʃta5-tions and said responsibilities of this
terra ⁊ comçelho damaya6land and council of Maia 
foʃʃem antiguamēte poʃtos7were formerly placed
em Jmqujricções da noʃʃa torre dotom-8in inquiries from our tower of Tom-
-bo ⁊ em algūas outras lembranças9-bo and in some other memories.
Porem ao tēpo dofazimento deʃte10Nevertheless, at the time of the making of this
foral nã ʃe pagauam os ditos foros11city charter, the said tributes were not paid 
⁊ dr̄tos pellos ditos tombos nem12and the rights by said tombos nor
eʃcrituras antiguas ʃoomente per pra-13ancient writings only by dead-
-zos ⁊ outros comçertos ⁊ poʃʃes14
-lines and other concerts and [holdings
amtiguas em que os foreiros dosditos15ancient] in which the foreiros of the said
dr̄tos eʃtam paçificamente com os...16rights are peacefully with the...

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