Edna, who did this book, was not a native speaker. She had to work from the old Portuguese (and probably with some type of translation program) to make it resemble English. Sort of. Here's an excerpt:
"The doctrine is such that it may not permit him to stay in good privileges in the land, because, of the following. Hanging right away the wrong doers and thieves, who were believed, had theft in their hands. They had now not worked on many who were, in fact, avoiding them, without punishment...." Huh? The family part isn't too bad. "The said Nuno Goncalves, son of Goncalo Vaz, The Great, has one daughter called Isabel Nunes Botelha, that married Sebastiao Barbosa da Silve, much discrete and generous and grand lecturer, nobleman, who lived on a farm of Faja, at the city limits of Ponta." There are very few dates. That's the way that Doutor Gaspar Frutuoso (c. 1522 - 1591) wrote it. The Saudades da Terra wasn't published until 1873. More on Dr. Gaspar Frutuoso can be found on Wikipedia (it does state that the article has some problems): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_Frutuoso Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
