Storia do Mogor 301: ANSWER OF FATHER EPHRAIM TO THE FIRST ACCUSATION.

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[128] 'Gratis dictum jure negatur et absolute.'
This article is a sort of prologue, where the accuser says as much ill as he can against the defendant. Being nothing but formalities, the attorney, as is the custom, retorts by setting forth numerous praises of his client. He says (verbi gratia) that he had been chosen by his bishops, and sent to the [129] Indies to preach the faith, being fully known as a true Catholic, et cetera.