Julius II - Ea Quae
EA QUAE
BULL OF POPE JULIUS II
JANUARY 24, 1506
Julius, episcopus, servus servorum Dei: Venerabilibus
fratribus, archiepiscopo Bracharensi et episcopo Visensi,
salutem et apostolicam benedictionem.
Ea que pro bono pacis et quietis inter personas quaslibet,
presertim Catholicos reges, per concordiam terminata
sunt, ne in redicive contencionis scrupulum relabantur,
sed firma perpetuo et inconcussa permaneant, libenter,
cum a nobis petitur, apostolico munimine roboramus.
Exhibita siquidem nobis nuper pro parte carissimi in
Christo filii nostri Emanuelis, Portugalie et Algarbiorum
regis illustris, petitio continebat quod olim, postquam per
Sedem Apostolicam clare memorie Johanni, regi
Portugalie et Algarbiorum [concessum fuerat] quod ipse
Johannes et rex Portugalie et Algarbiorum pro tempore
existens, per mare occeanum navegare aut insulas et
portus et loca firma infra dictum mare existencia,
perquirere, et inventa sibi retinere liceret, ac omnibus
aliis, sub excommunicationis et aliis penis tunc expressis,
ne mare hujusmodi contra voluntatem prefati regis
navigare, aut insulas et loca ibidem repperta occupare
presumerent, inhibitum fuerat; cum inter prefatum
Johannem Regem ex una, et carissimum in Christo filium
nostrum Ferdinandum, Aragonum tunc Castelle et
Legionis regem illustrem, super certis insulis Lasamillis
nuncupatis, per prefatum regem inventas et occupatas, ex
alia partibus, lis, controversia, et questionis materia
exorte fuissent, partes ipse litibus, controversiis, et
questianibus hujusmodi obviare, ac pacem et concordiam
inter se pro subditorum suorum commoditate nutrire et
vigere desiderantes, ad certas honestas concordiam,
conventionem, et compositionem devenerunt, per quam
inter cetera voluerunt quod Portugalie et Algarbiorum a
certis Castelle vero et Legionis regibus pro tempore
existentibus a certis aliis locis usque ad certa alia loca
tunc expressa per dictum mare navigare et insulas novas
perquirere et capere ac sibi retinere liceret, prout in
quodam instrumento publico desuper confecto dicitur
plenius contineri. Quare pro parte prefati Emanuelis
Regis nobis fuit humiliter supplicatum, ut concordie,
conventioni, et compositioni predictis pro illorum
subsistencia firmiori robur apostolice confirmationis
adjicere, ac alias in premissis oportune providere de
benignitate apostolica dignaremur.
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Julius bishop, servant of the servants of God, to the
venerable brother, the archbishop of Braga and the bishop
of Vizeu, health and apostolic benediction.
Those agreements, which have been concluded for the
promotion of peace and quiet between any persons
whatsoever, and especially between Catholic kings, we
gladly confirm by granting our apostolic protection, when
this is sought from us, in order that they may not again
become matters of contention but remain forever firm and
unshaken. A request recently addressed to us on the part
of our very dear son in Christ, Emmanuel, the illustrious,
king of Portugal and of the Algarves, stated that inasmuch
as some time ago the permission was granted by the
Apostolic See to John, of illustrious memory, king of
Portugal and the Algarves, to the effect that the said John
and any king of Portugal and of the Algarves for the time
being, should be permitted to navigate the ocean sea, or
seek out the islands, ports, and main lands lying within
the said sea, and to retain those found for himself, and to
all others it was forbidden under penalty of
excommunication, and other penalties, then expressed,
from presuming to navigate the sea in this way against the
will of the aforesaid king, or to occupy the islands and
places found there; and inasmuch as between the
aforesaid King John, on the one part, and our very dear
son in Christ, Ferdinand, at that time the illustrious king
of Aragon, Castile, and Leon, on the other part, in regard
to certain islands called Las Antillas, which had been
discovered and occupied by the aforesaid king, strife,
controversy, and occasion for dispute had arisen, the said
parties desiring to prevent strifes, controversies, and
disputes of this kind, and to foster and strengthen peace
and concord between themselves for the benefit of their
subjects, came to a certain honorable agreement,
convention, and compact, whereby, among other things,
they resolved that the kings of Portugal and the Algarves
should have the right to navigate the said sea within
certain specified limits and seek out and take possession
of newly discovered islands and that the kings for the
time being of Castile and Leon should have the same
right within certain other specified limits, as is said to be
more fully set forth in a certain public instrument drawn
up in regard to the
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Julius II - Ea Quae
Nos igitur, qui inter personas quascumque, presertim
regali dignitate fulgentes, pacem et concordiam vigere
intensis desideriis affectamus, de premissis certam
noticiam non habentes, hujusmodi supplicationibus
inclinati, fraternitati vestre per apostolica scripta
mandamus, quatinus vos vel alter vestrum, si est ita,
concordiam, conventionem, et compositionem predictas,
ac prout illas concernunt, omnia et singula in dicto
instrumento contenta, et inde secuta quecunque de
utriusque regis consensu approbare et confirmare,
illamque perpetue firmitatis robur obtinere decernentes,
auctoritate nostra curetis, supplentes omnes et singulos
defectus, si qui forsan intervenerunt in eisdem. Et
nichilominus, si confirmationem et approbationem
predictas per vos vigere presencium fieri contigerit, ut
prefertur, faciatis dictam concordiam inviolabiliter
observari, ac eosdem reges concordia et illius
confirmatione et approbatione predictis pacifice gaudere,
non permittentes eos inter se, aut per quoscunque alios,
desuper indebite molestari, contradictores auctoritate
nostra, appellatione postposita, compescendo. Non
obstantibus constitutionibus et ordinationibus apostolicis
contrariis quibuscunque, aut si eisdem regibus vel
quibusvis aliis, communiter vel divisim, ab Apostolica sit
Sede indultum, quod interdici, suspendi vel
excommunicari non possint, per litteras apostolicas non
facientes plenam et expressam ac de verbo ad verbum de
indulto hujusmodi mentionem.
Datum Rome apud Sanetum Petrum, anno Incarnationis
Dominice millesimo quingentesimo [sexto], nono
kalendas Februarii, pontificattts nostri anno tercio.
JULIUS II
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matter. Wherefore the aforesaid King Emmanuel has
humbly besought us to deign to add the authority of the
apostolic confirmation to the aforesaid agreement,
convention, and compact for the purpose of establishing
them more firmly and out of our apostolic good-will to
make other fitting provisions in respect to the aforesaid.
We, therefore, who strive with intense desire to foster
peace and concord between all persons, especially
between those whose royal office renders them
conspicuous, not having certain knowledge of the
aforesaid, but favorably disposed to these petitions, do by
these apostolic writings enjoin Your Fraternity that you
(or either one of you, if so be) do proceed to approve and
confirm by our authority the aforesaid agreement,
convention, and compact and everything set forth in the
said instrument relating thereto, and all that has followed
thereupon with the consent of both kings, decreeing it to
possess perpetual authority, and supplying all and
singular defects if perchance any should be contained
therein. And furthermore if the aforesaid confirmation
and approbation are enacted by you, by the authority of
these presents, as is aforesaid, you shall cause the said
agreement to be inviolably observed, and the said kings to
enjoy in peace the aforesaid agreement and the
confirmation and approbation thereof, not permitting
them without just cause to molest one another, or to be
molested by any other on this account, and restraining the
disobedient, by our authority, without appeal, all
apostolic constitutions and ordinances to the contrary
notwithstanding, even if an indult has been granted by the
Apostolic See to the said kings or to any others, together
or individually, to the effect that they cannot be
interdicted or suspended or excommunicated by apostolic
letters not making full and express mention, word for
word, of the said indult.
Given at Rome, at St. Peter's, on the twenty-fourth day of
January, in the year of the incarnation of our Lord, 1506,
in the third year of our pontificate.
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