The king of Spain, Philip IV, received the author coldly, and, it is said even tried to suppress his book, fearing that the Portuguese, who had just revolted from Spain (1640), would profit by its information.
O rei de España, Filipe IV, recibiu friamente o autor, e mesmo se di que estaba disposto a censurar o libro, temendo que os portugueses, que se independizaran de España en 1640, se aproveitasen da información.