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“ His persecutions of the Jews, cruel as they were, can scarcely be blamed when we remember the bigotry of his time and country ; and it says much for his impartial administration of justice that he caused the ring- leaders of a popular insurrection against that people to be executed with the usual marks of opprobrium. ”

“ Cabral discovered Brazil and the Moluccas, and established commercial relations with the Indian and African coasts. Through these expeditions and others under Albuquerque, the influence of Portugal was rendered predominant on the coasts of South Africa and the Indian archipelago, and an inexhaustible field for commerce and Colonization was opened up to the Portu- guese. ”