_ 74 _ made to Father Superior Gaspar,(A) and he is very friendly towards me, but changes the subject. Would that God in His mercy might enlighten not only him, but all his kingdom, and this with the aid of prayers. 6. This past year there have been many long bouts of illness in this region. I was ill for five months, but who can describe the kindness of these Portuguese? Even though they might have nothing but the clothes on their backs they would share them with the Jesuits with great kindness. I was cared for in the house of one of the principal Portuguese with such love as I cannot describe(B), & and one of our Brothers(C) was cared for in another house with the same loving kindness. 7. I have already sent a letter to Your Reverence overland (D) with an ambassador, Antonio Texeida by name, I do not know whether Your Reverence has received it(E). (A) See what Father Gaspar Barzeu wrote on 24 Nov 1550 to the Jesuits in Europe about the King of Ormuz’s desire to receive baptism; Documenta Indica II 86 - 87 457. (B) cf. doc 33, 10. (C) Brother Gonçalo Vaz (1b.). (D) Father Heredia had already used the overland route (through Syria) in 1553 and 1554 (cf. Documenta Indica Vol III pp 104-5). Cf. also doc. 6-7 above , where the other countries are named. (E) This letter seems to have been lost.
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