_ 217 _ The building of Our Lady of Grace, Our Lady of the Rock and the St John’s House was carried out with the favour and assistance of Matias de Albuquerque. His care was not only to build, but also to adorn them, and to revere the Most Holy Sacrament. He would never travel without the latter, or without the men of his guard; and the fact that these accompanied him was most edifying for the Christians, and the infidels who form the greater part of the inhabitants of that city. The ecclesiastics, the poor and the fraternal orders had in him a father, the infidels a great ministry for this conversion. In this last matter, leaving aside other true concerns, we only have to refer to a letter from the Vicar to see how expression of the truth come from his very soul. This and many other matters are generally confirmed. The Lord Matias de Albuquerque, Captain and Governor of Ormuz, favoured me in every way in what I requested and asked for in just causes. It was also thus in the conversion of infidels and with the young persons taken into our care. In all these matters he manifested great diligence. He enquired after the persons taken into our care. In all these matters he manifested great diligence. He enquired after the health of these infidels and young people and gave them food from his house. He treated them with as much love as if he had been appointed to do these things.
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