_ 155 _ while freeing all the prisoners. Amongst these were two gentlemen who were great enemies because there had been many deaths and crimes between them and their families. These I made friends by swearing publicly on a missal before everyone that they would never again be enemies. I departed from there [Chaul] and came to this College of St Paul in Goa where I am up to the present, as I was not given an opportunity to sail to Cochin. I found Fathers Belchoir Nunes(A) and Manuel de Moraes(B) here in Goa, Father Antonio de Heredia was in Cochin, while Father Gonçalo Rodrigues was on his way to Ormuz. Our Lord knows how much I was comforted in the Lord. I asked Father Superior Belchior to let me begin preaching. The whole community was inflamed with such fervour (Christ be praised) that it glowed. We arranged for the orphans, whom I teach when I can find time, to sing during the masses. I sing the mass and thus clothed in an alb I go to the pulpit. So many people began to flock to the sermons, that they could no fit into the church. It will be necessart from (A) Father Belchior Nunes Barreto whom Roderiques wanted to administer the College of Goa but was not recognized as Reactor by the community. (B) Father Morais Senior.
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