Tried in war and the wilderness
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Homem de valor, experimentado na guerra, activo, affeito a combater os indios, prestou grandes serviços nas descobertas e explorações do interior de Minas e Espirito Santo.
A man of valour, seasoned in war, active, used to fighting the Indians, he rendered great services in the discoveries and explorations of the interior of Minas and Espírito Santo.
The record continues: a man of valour, seasoned in war, active, used to fighting the natives, who rendered great services in the inland expeditions of Minas and Espírito Santo.
Alencar lets the résumé run one clause longer than it strictly needs, and the surplus is the point: this is a man defined by deeds done for the Crown. Every line of the portrait is quietly building the debt that will make his coming crisis of loyalty so heavy.
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