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os homens de letras, e para todas as Artes, e Sciencias, que tambem ajuda? ao negocio, e �� conserva?a? do genero humano, com a differen?a, [~q] a Arte de escrever suppre ordinariamente a falta da presen?a dos que vivem, e a Arte de imprimir resuscita os que j�� na? existem, conservando lhes o nome, e a fama, que he huma vida mais perduravel. Devem pois entre os Artifices, que concorrem para este fim, ser mais estimados, na? s�� os que fundem os characteres, mas os que forma? aquelles instrumentos donde elles nascem, e muito mais os que executa? huma, e outra cousa; de sorte que na? s�� enriquecem as officinas da Impressa? com as letras mais bem formadas, mas lhes deixa? as fontes inexgotaveis dos Pun?oens, Matrizes, e Moldes, de que por muitos seculos se poder��? valer para se refazerem de toda a especie de characteres, que lhes forem necessarios. Aos Soberanos pertence mais que a ninguem exaltar, e favorecer a Arte de imprimir, porque nesta Officina se forja a trombeta da sua Fama; e o metal [~q] se emprega neste exercicio, na? he menos conducente para permanecer a sua gloria, que o das Estatuas, em que tanto se ostenta a dos Heroes, a quem se dedica? semelhantes incentivos da memoria, ficando esta mais diffusa, e nobremente eternizada pelas rela?oens das fa?anhas, escritas, e impressas pelo character das virtudes referidas, e pela eloquencia dos Historiadores, e Panegyristas, do que pela semelhan?a da figura representada, ou pela estatura do corpo figurada, que mais serve para lembrar a pessoa, do que para persuadir o merecimento. Assim espera Joa? de Villeneuve ter a mayor fortuna, [~q] he merecer o agrado de Vossa Magestade por esta prova, [~q] offerece dos characteres [~q] formou, e fundio para o servi?o da Impressa? da Academia Real da Historia Portugueza.
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O Director, e Censores da Academia Real da Historia Portugueza manda? imprimir esta prova dos primeiros characteres, que fez Joa? de Villeneuve para uso da Impressa? da mesma Academia. Lisboa Occidental, 18 de Janeiro de 1732.
O Conde da Ericeira. O Marquez de Alegrete. Joseph da Cunha Brochado. O Marquez de Abrantes. O P. D. Manoel Caetano de Sousa. O Marquez Manoel Telles da Sylva.

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