_Résendius_ (Andrew, or Louis Andrew). John the IIId appointed him to superintend the education of his two brothers. He published two works, which are much esteemed: the first entitled, _de Antiquitatibus Lusitaniæ_, (printed in folio at Evora, in 1593); and the second, _Deliciæ Lusitano-Hispanicæ_. His brother Garcias published a folio History of John the IIId, in Portugueze. _Vasconcellos_ (Antonio) has published different works. One of the most esteemed is entitled, _Anacephalosis id est summa Capita actorem regum Lusitaniæ_. _Texeira_ (Joseph) embraced the cause of the king, don Antonio, and followed him to France, where he was greatly favoured by Henry the IIId, and Henry the IVth. His work, called _Portugaliæ Ortu_, is not in very great repute. _Faria_ (de Sousa Emmanual) was born in 1610, and died in 1659. His narratives are more eloquent than historical; he exhausts himself in harangues and reflexions, treating the greatest and the most trifling events with the same degree of importance. His principal characters are always _heroes_, and never _men_. His most celebrated work is divided into three parts; the first, containing the ancient history of Lusitania; the second, the conquests made by the Portugueze in Asia, and the eastern parts of Africa; and the third, the wars which took place in that part of Africa which is opposite to Andalusia, and the kingdom of Algarva. This work is curious and accurate, and has been translated into Italian, French, and English. The same author has published a history of Portugal, terminating at the reign of cardinal Henry. It has gone through several editions; the best of which was printed in folio, in 1730, and is continued to a later epoch. _Brito_ (Bernard de) a cistercian monk, historiographer of Portugal, was born in 1569, and died in 1612. He published the _Monarchia Lusitana_, 7 vols. in folio, Lisbon, 1597, and 1612. This is a history of Portugal which goes back as far as count Henry, and is elegantly written. Father Antonio, and father Francisco Brandhamo, members of the same society, have continued this history to the reign of Alphonso the IIId. The two first volumes alone were written by Brito, who, however, was the author of the _Panegyrics of the Kings of Portugal, with their Portraits_; and also of the _Ancient Geography of Portugal_. There is likewise another _Brito_, (Francisco) who wrote _Guerra Brasilica_, in 2 vols. folio, printed at Lisbon in 1675. _Brandhamo_, and his continuator, have only given a description of the events which took place in Portugal from the usurpation of Philip the IId to the revolution, with the consequences which attended it in the reign of Philip the IVth.