Lyrics by João da Costa
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João da Costa, first Count of Soure, (Lisbon, 1610 - Lisbon, 22 January 1664) and served in Tangier, was one of the Forty Conspirators who acclaimed King John IV king of Portugal on 1 December 1640, thus ending 60 years of Philippine rule over Portugal. As soon as Miguel de Vasconcelos was killed, he went out to the Terreiro do Paço with Luís de Almada and other noblemen to rally the people, shouting Liberdade! (Freedom!). The following day, on 2 December, he boarded a galley with João Rodrigues de Sá and went to summon the Spanish galleons to surrender. He was then immediately sent to the Alentejo, specifically to Elvas, from where he managed to repel several Spanish attacks. He was appointed a member of the Council of War in 1642. In 1643, he commanded the artillery which, as part of the army of the Count of Óbidos, managed to take Valverde and Montijo. Seven years later, in 1650 and 1656, he was appointed Governor of the Arms of the Alentejo, leading troops that inflicted defeats on the Spanish forces in the region. Problems at court, both with other nobles and with the Queen Regent herself, Luísa de Gusmão, widow of King João IV, led to his replacement in the Government of the Arms of the Alentejo. His prestige also led to him being appointed Ambassador Extraordinary to the court of Louis XIV of France in 1659. There he came face to face with the Cardinal Prime-Minister Mazarin who, by wanting to make peace with Spain, was putting Portugal in danger. The Count commissioned his secretary, Duarte Ribeiro de Macedo, to write a manifesto outlining France's obligations to Portugal, a document that greatly upset Mazarin. In 1660, he returned to Portugal, where he was still President of the Overseas Council, but was banished to Loulé after gaining another enemy, the Count of Castelo Melhor. He only returned to Lisbon for the wedding of King Afonso VI. He was buried in the chancel of the College of St Anthony of the Hermit Friars, which he patronised.
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