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Tratado cabala - MELO (Francisco Manuel de) TRATADO da Sciencia Cabala ou Noticia da Arte Cabalistica . Obra Posthuma [...]. Lisboa Occidental: Na Officina de Bernardo da Costa de Carvalho, 1724. *4, ¶2, A-N8, O4; [12], 212, [4] pp.; 200 mm. D. Francisco Manuel de Melo, born in 1608 in Lisbon, studied at the Jesuit College of Santo Antão, was a soldier under the command of Diogo de Mendonça Furtado, embarked on the Crown's fleet that sank in 1627, fought against the Turks in a naval battle and was knighted for his deeds, frequented the Madrid court where he befriended Quevedo, one of the most important literary figures of the time in Castile, and also had contact with Lope de Vega, Calderón, Tirso de Molina, among others. When the Restoration Revolution took place, he was arrested and taken to Madrid where he remained for 4 months. In 1644 he was arrested again for reasons that are unknown to us. He remained in the Castle, then transferred to the Belém Tower, where he was tried and sentenced for instigating murder to perpetual exile to the coast of Africa, in the second instance to exile to India, and in the third instance to exile to Brazil, where he remained for eleven years. In 1655 he left for the New World, returning to exile in 1658, taking refuge on his farm in Entre-Rios. In 1660 he was in Lisbon, leading the sessions of the Academia dos Generosos and during the government of Castelo-Melhor, of whom he was a friend, he was given the task of several important diplomatic missions. Upon his return he was nominated as a deputy to the Junta dos Três Estados. He died in 1666. Possessing a vast and lively culture, he ”wrote an astonishing body of work” [Dic.Lit.] and was considered by M. y Pelayo to be the greatest literary figure of the time, after Quevedo. Rebelo da Silva states that D. Francisco Manuel de Melo should be considered ”one of the first scholars of his time and perhaps the most substantial and concise prose writer in the Portuguese language” [cit. from Dic.Lit.]. The texts he published are immense and are spread across history, where he has classic works such as ”The Epanáforas of Various History” or the ”History of the Movements and Separation of Catalonia and the War between the Catholic Magestad of Don Dilippe and the Fourth King of Castile and Aragon and the General Deputation of that Principality”, poetry, polemics and several other themes. Work published posthumously. Rare and esteemed. ! Please note that this translated text was generated by Google. !