in 1645; and the rocks about it are said to have been splintered in an extraordinary manner. The Rector of Coimbra, Manoel Saldanha, erected one of stone in its place, at a great expence. First he made a huge foundation work of masonry, about five and twenty feet[1] high, which he whitened, that it might be visible at a greater distance, and surrounded with battlements, in the manner of a mural crown, because it was the summit, or crown, of the mountain. Upon this five steps were raised, and upon this the pedestal. The foot of the cross, (which was hewn out of
- ↑ De altura de trinta atê quarenta palmos. The palmo is 858 inches.
Part of his complaint against them is for their services in Great Britain and Ireland.
Por Anglias y por Hybernias
Van a buscar ocasiones
De combatir la heregia,
Que rinde a sus pies errores.
