Note 36 — I. LIFE AND PLAYS OF GIL VICENTE
Reading edition
Garcia de Resende († 1536) was of opinion that it had no rival in Europe:
nam ha outra igual na Christamdade no meu ver. (Miscellanea, v. 281, ed. Mendes dos Remedios (1917), p. 97.)
It contained 5000 moradores (ibid.). In the days of King Duarte (1433-8) the number was 3000.