_ 131 _ Before his departure, he arranged to assign the Fathers who are here to different places, both for the spiritual benefit of the people and for the good of the Society and its greater expansion. He ordered Father Superior Belchior to Bassein to reside in the College there, with Brothers Fernal de Ozoiro, Gil Barreto and Fulgencio Freire, a former chief magistrate of Diu, who was received into the Society in Bassein itself. He instructed Father Francisco Henriques to go to the Christians in Tana, and Father Superior Gonçalo(A) to Ormuz, to stay there in place of Father Superior Gaspar. Father Antonio de Heredia was to go to Cochin and Father Antonio Gomes to the fortress of Diu. I shall not relate here the results they all produced nor shall I treat of the great help which God Our Lord gave us here, because you must know about it from the letters, apart from the fact that it is beyond my weak understanding, and I do not possess the ability to talk and praise the odour of their sanctity. Brother Alvaro Mendes was sent to Ormuz [213v] and was received by Father Superior Gaspar. He was a man of great virtue and example, towards whom Our Lord clearly (A) Father Gonçalo Rodriques.
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