_ 175 _ the Church and the College, and the results that the Holy Spirit had produced in these parts. I also informed him of the other things that were awaited throughout the entire territory of the Moors and the great need we had of some older priests to attend to the many Moors in this area. Because they cannot come from India to help on account of the monsoons, which occur every eight months, the church had suffered great damage as a result. Father Superior likewise instructed me not to leave here without first arranging for others to take my place. Father Antonio replied that the Bishop of Goa, to whom our company had been entrusted by Father superior Francisco, had ordered the work to be suspended until the priests arrived from Portugal, since I was on my way to China and there were no other mature priests who could take my place in less time than that of the masters and professors of Coimbra will help. Consider how much you are missed here. Consider the case of six people here so that you may help me. When I had finished a sermon that I was preaching in the square, one of them stripped himself and gave all his clothes to a poor man. He then came to me, imploring me to send him to Persia. He wanted to die
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