_ 313 _ The men of the country live under awnings and in water. 5. As the city people had experience, of the past and of myself, they came to me begging me to live in the city, because they saw what was happening and how I was close to death, and this would reassure them. The same had happened to Fr. Master Gaspar, and twice to P. Master Gonçalo and to all the brothers who had died. I gave in to them because I thought it would be in Our Lord's service and preferable because I was having to go into the city and return two or three times a day, which they say is the cause of such sickness and death; and I was near death from a flux of blood. So, I am at present in the city, in a house near the hospital because there is no accommodation for me within it.(A) I put a hermit in the hermitage of São Paulo(B) and established a confraternity of Jesus there so that it would not lose its devout character and could be repaired when necessary. 6. Much fruit is now being gathered, which seems likely to increase, since São Paulo9 did a great deal when (A) Xavier had recommended to Gaspar Barzeu that he should live in the hospital or in the Misaricordia or in some other suitable house. (B) It was formerly monastery of yogis.
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