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The Chronicle of King João I, part 1
The Chronicle of King João I, part 2

The Chronicle of King João I, part 2

0. Prologue
1. Concerning the offices to which the king appointed certain people, and concerning matters which were then decided in Cortes
2. Concerning the charter which the king issued to the city of Lisbon in confirmation of the city’s privileges
3. Concerning the places which the king gave to Lisbon for inclusion within the city limits
4. Concerning a number of things that happened in the same period
5. How the Constable left for Oporto, and concerning the speech he made to his men
6. How the Constable captured the castle at Neiva
7. How the Count captured Viana [do Castelo]
8. Concerning the towns and villages which surrendered to the Constable without resistance and of their own accord
9. How the king reached Oporto and was received by the city’s inhabitants
10. How the king decided to capture Guimarães
11. How the king captured the town of Guimarães
12. How the inner bailey was attacked, and how Aires Gomes negotiated a truce
13. How the King of Castile excused himself for not going to the aid of Aires Gomes, and how the town [of Guimarães] was surrendered to the king
14. How Braga was captured
15. How steps were taken to begin the capture of Ponte de Lima
16. How the king left Guimarães for Ponte de Lima
17. How the king entered the town and captured it
18. How Lopo Gomes was attacked, how his tower was forcibly entered and how he was dispatched as a prisoner to Oporto
19. Concerning the Castilian noblemen who invaded Portugal, and how deep they penetrated
20. How Martim Vasques and Gonçalo Vasques came to an agreement at the behest of João Fernandes Pacheco
21. How the captains of Castile fought against the Portuguese, and how the Castilians were defeated
22. How the King of Portugal and the Constable left Guimarães
23. How the king left Torres Novas and headed for Santarém
24. How the king and the Constable made their way to Alenquer, and how the Constable then left for the Alentejo
25. How the king left Alenquer for Abrantes and sent for the Constable
26. How the King of Castile reached Elvas with the intention of capturing it but raised the siege and made his way to Ciudad Rodrigo
27. Concerning the Royal Council which the King of Castile held with his advisers before he invaded Portugal
28. Other arguments, contrary to those which you have heard, as to why the King of Castile ought not to invade Portugal
29. How the King of Castile invaded Portugal, and concerning a number of events that preceded the battle
30. Concerning the discussion which the King of Portugal held with his advisers as to whether or not to go into battle, and concerning the arguments put forward
31. Arguments which the King of Portugal presented to his Royal Council, and how he summoned the Constable
32. Concerning the message which the Constable sent to the King of Castile, and concerning the arguments which he commanded a captive to declare in the king’s presence
33. Concerning the message which the King of Portugal sent to the King of Castile, and how he reached the field where his men drew up their battle formation
34. How the noblemen in the King of Castile’s army came to speak to the Constable, and concerning the conversation he had with them
35. Advice which the King of Castile took as to whether or not to go into battle
36. Advice proffered by Dom João Afonso Telo, urging that the battle should in any circumstances take place, arguments with which the King of Castile agreed
37. Concerning the forces which each king had at his disposal
38. How the two kings drew up their battle formations, and with which captains
39. Concerning the names of certain men in the King of Portugal’s army, and which of them he dubbed as knights
40. How João Fernandes and Egas Coelho came from Beira in order to be with the king in the battle
41. Concerning which people chose to appeal to Almighty God to intervene on behalf of the respective kings
42. How the battle was fought between the two kings, and how the Castilians came to be defeated
43. How the King of Castile fled the battlefield and reached Santarém
44. How the King of Castile left Santarém and returned to his own country
45. How the battle was finally won, and which men died in it
46. How the King of Portugal left the battlefield and made his way to Alcobaça
47. How the people of Lisbon discovered that the battle had been won and how they reacted
48. How Lisbon’s inhabitants went to receive the flags which the king sent them, and concerning the homily that a friar preached
49. Concerning the everlasting vows taken by the city in commemoration of this battle
50. How Santarém was abandoned by the Castilians, and how its inhabitants expressed their allegiance to the King of Portugal
51. How the king arrived at Santarém and dispatched back to their own country the Castilians he found there
52. How the king gave the Constable the county of Ourém and other places, and how the Constable paid the swordsmith for the sword which he had tempered for him
53. How the Count made preparations for the incursion into Castile and how he went about it
54. How the Constable invaded Castile, and how the Master of Alcántara, Martim Eanes de Barbuda, advanced towards him but dared not do battle with him
55. How the Master of Santiago and the great lords who accompanied him sent a challenge to the Constable, and concerning the answer that he gave to it
56. How the Constable and the Castilians converged on Valverde, and concerning the fighting which took place between them on crossing a ford
57. How the Count began fighting against the Castilians before engaging with them in battle
58. How the battle between the Count and the Castilians was fought, and how the Master of Santiago was killed
59. How Antão Vasques invaded Castile, and what happened to him there
60. How Antão Vasques engaged the Castilians in battle and defeated them
61. Concerning which townships King João went on to seize from those which had declared for Castile, and how the Castilian fleet raised its blockade of Lisbon and left
62. How the king left Santarém in order to make the pilgrimage which he had promised to undertake
63. How the king left the city of Oporto, intending to lay siege to Chaves
64. How the king pitched his siege camp against Chaves
65. How the townsfolk [of Chaves] burnt down the king’s siege tower, and concerning the message which he received from the Duke of Lancaster
66. How a number of troops which he had summoned reached the king, and concerning the truce entered into by Martim Gonçalves
67. Concerning the reply that the King of France gave to the King of Castile’s messengers whom he sent to him after the battle [of Aljubarrota]
68. Concerning the letter which the Antipope sent in reply to the King of Castile
69. How the King of Castile sent a message to Martim Gonçalves telling him to surrender the town in accordance with what had been negotiated in the truce
70. How the Count ejected from among his forces all the women whom his men had brought with them
94. How the king left for the banks of the Guadiana, and how the princess was brought to Oporto
121. How the King of Castile sent excuses to the duke for not being able to see him, owing to his illness
122. How the King of Castile amassed the gold that he had to pay to the duke
123. The beginning of our reply concerning the dispensation about which we said that the aforementioned historian had spoken
124. How Pope Urban died, and the king sent his ambassadors to Pope Boniface
125. The text of the first letter that was made public in the cathedral
126. The public reading of the second letter which the messengers brought from the Curia
127. How the king ordered that the things which his fleet might seize should be distributed
128. Concerning the procedure the king ordered to be followed in lawsuits that had been heard by officials of the King of Castile
129. How the king established an allowance for the noblemen, and other things he decreed
148. King João’s children and their dates of birth
149. The manner in which these princes maintained obedience to their father
150. How a truce was arranged between Castile and Portugal
151. Concerning the ambassadors that came to the king from Castile and the reply they took back
152. How the Constable gave part of his lands to those who had served with him in the war
153. How the king arranged to buy lands from the nobles, and how they were summoned to this end
154. How the Count had wished to depart the kingdom, and the reason why he was prevented from doing so