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O Guarani 16.51 · 16.51

Robério's silence

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" Já então com a chegada do governador D. Francisco de Sousa se sabia que Robério oferecera em Madri a Filipe II a descoberta das minas, e que não o tendo el-rei premiado como esperou, obstinava-se em guardar silêncio.

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By now, with the arrival of Governor D. Francisco de Sousa, it was known that Robério had offered in Madrid to Philip II the discovery of the mines, and that, the king not having rewarded him as he had hoped, he obstinately kept silence.

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