_ 334 _ Lord. When you have done this, you are to come to me(A) in the hall, where I shall be waiting for you, and, after you have spoken to me, you are to ask for the hand of the Bishop in order to kiss it. Having done that, you are to descend from the tabernacle and embrace first the reverend fathers who will be sitting there on a bench, and after them the High Court Judges. Having done that, you are to return to the tabernacle, where I shall tell you what further you are to do. I send you God’s blessing and mine from Goa, today, 1st May 1548(B). D João de Castro (Crónica de D João de Castro, p 237). (A) The Governor, writes Leonardo Nunes, “had arrived from Bassein a very sick man, but all the same his happiness at the arrival of D Álvaro was so great that he rose from his bed to greet him in the hall, where he embraced him and greeted him as one close to his heart.” (B) One month and one week after this date D João de Castro was dead.
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