_ 342 _ good health, Praise be to God. I am also in good health, although I have had a few sicknesses. I greatly desire to know of your arrival in those parts, which I hope in Our Lord will be as much in His service as the zeal with which you undertook that enterprise. This must be a great solution to the difficulties which cannot fail to confront you, and which I hope will bring your great honour in this world and glory in the other. Summary pp. 21-23 Infante D. Luis says that D. Pedro Mascarenhas is reputed to have been extravagant in his lifestyle before leaving Portugal, but that this, if it is true, is understandable and forgivable; D. Luís is merely offering a friendly observation to which not too much importance should be given. His Highness is to send to India this year twelve fathers of the Society of Jesus, whose mission is to effect conversions. D. Pedro should be more pleased at this than if he were sending a large number of soldiers. He recommends D. Pedro to maintain his religious observances. Dona Helena, D. Pedro's wife is in good health.
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