_ 169 _ In the same year (1553) Gaspar Barzio, S.j., the Vicar of the Diocese of India, sent a letter to the priest Father Ignatius Loyola, the General Director of the Society of Jesus in Rome, Goa, on the 12th of January 1553, mentioning the situation of Socotra:(18) The Grace and Peace of Christ etc. It must be a year and two months(A) since I came from Ormuz to sail with the first mission to Japan. As I was unable leave for six months(B), the then Rector of this house(C), ordered me to engage in learning something. following the usage of the Society. Thus, through sermons, (A) He came to Goa before 15th November 1551 (cf. Doc. 51, 7). (B) In the month of April ships set sail from Cochin for Malacca and the Far East. (C) Father Paul. (18) Document no. and reference.
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