_ 176 _ straight away for the faith of Christ, under my obedience, in order to follow Christ, who was considered a fool in the eyes of the world. I recognized him to be an exceptionally wise man and truly perfect(A). Another, on leaving another sermon that I preached about the Cross, threw himself weeping at my feet. I found yet another in the square blaspheming more than any man I have ever seen, and this was about a game. When I took him to task, he implored me not to abandon him and then he vowed to die with me. The others were received in the same way. The church ornaments are worth nearly 600 pearls apart from those they gave me. I am leaving a large library and very devout people in this house. There are so many who want to enter our company here that I am astounded at the enormous prestige that it has in this (A) Biminel:”….. Our Lord is presenting us with a college here and an income for it, because the governor allowed to be paid to me all the wages that the Brothers used to receive previously when they were in the world. Moreover, he made a contribution of 500 pardaus for the house, in addition to 120 pardaus that he arrange to be given for my board. I have 1,000 pardaus in cash to leave the House for all the household items: chests, clothes and everything needed for the college as well as all the ornaments for the church, namely, an altar cloth and antependium of brocade, a very valuable gold chalice and three other vestments, antependia and canopies.
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