Nzinga Mbemba (Affonso I), Letters To The King Of

Sir, Your stateliness should know how our Kingdom is being lost in so many ways that it is convenient to provide for the incumbent remedy, since this is caused by the excessive freedom given by your agents and officials to the hands and merchants who are allowed to come to this Kingdom to setup shops with goods and many things which aim been prohibited by us, and which they spread throughout our Kingdoms and Domains in such an abundance that many of our vassals, whom we had in obedience, do non combine because they have the things in greater abundance than we ourselves; and it was with these things that we had them content and subjected low our vassalage and jurisdiction, so it is doing a great harm non only to the service of God, but the security and peace of our Kingdoms and tell as well.




And we cannot reckon how great the damage is, since the mentioned merchants are fetching every day our natives, sons of the land and the sons of our noblemen and vassals and our relatives, because the thieves and men of bad sense of right and wrong grab them wishing to have the things and wares of this Kingdom which they are aspiring(prenominal) of, they grab them and get them to be sold; and so great, Sir, is the rottenness and licentiousness that our country is being completely depopulated, and Your Highness should not agree with this nor accept it as in your service. And to avoid it we requisite from those Kingdoms no more than some priests and a few multitude to reach in schools, and no other goods except wine-coloured and flour for the holy sacrament, That is why we beg of Your Highness to service and assist us in this matter, commanding your factors that they should nor send here(predicate) either merchants or wares, because it is our will that in these Kingdoms there should not be any trade of slaves nor outlet for them. Concerning what is referred to above, again we beg of Your Highness to agree with it, since otherwise we cannot remedy such an perspicuous damage, Pray Our Lord in His mercy to have Your Highness under His guard and...If you want to get a all-embracing essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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