The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c24.51

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¹ Such is the statement of Laerzio, followed by Fr. Castets, o.c p. 24, note 2. It is however contradicted by both Mgr. Ros and Blessed Britto, as we shall see later on. Moreover Fr. Juvencio, who based his work on the accounts sent annually to Rome, says expressly that de Nobili declared himself a Brahman, and adds: "Id quod vere predicare poterat, quippe qui e nobilissima inter Italicas gente ortus". Juvencio, *Epitome*, IV, p. 74. The same