_ 148 _ example of virtue and possessed the ability to profit thereby attempted to address some less than edifying words to Father Superior Francisco when he arrived here. He was relegated to perform the Spiritual Exercises, but as it is typical of the devil to strive to destroy all that may result in the greater glory of God, he worked [228v] on him to such an extent that one night he left the Exercises with another Brother and they embarked together on a ship that left promptly the following day.(A) They both went to the fortress of Muscat with the idea of wintering there and returning to the Kingdom in one of the naus that were soon leaving. The Lord did not allow their disobedience to pass unpunished. Both the Father and the Brother, Andre Monteiro, were captured in the fort and committed to the benches of the Mamluk galleys.(B) Dearly beloved, you must already know how each of these must have felt at being made a collaborator of the enemy by rowing and serving as a slave. In them these words are clearly fulfilled; the Lord will not allow a single (A) Andre Monteiro, as stated above. (B) A little later Monteiro was ransomed in the city of Basra (Polanco Chron III p. 483). However, some authors report that it is less certain Brother Frois was set free (Polanco, Chron II 747; Orlandinus, Hist SOc I, Book 12 n 83).
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