_ 45 _ if you leave there, you will then comply with what you are told to do. You will send letters to me by all the naus going from Ormuz to Malacca, addressing them to Francisco Peres. You will arrange for prayers to be taught in the nau and you will take special care with your sailors so as to make them confess. Be very careful that they do not become disaffected on the nau. You will preach to them on Sundays and any other days you think fit. I rely on you in this matter to act according to the willingness you observe. In your sermons you will make the least reference possible to authorities. Speak about spiritual things that sinners experience because they lead bad lives. Refer to the end in store for them and the deceits of the enemy things the average man understands and not what he does not. If you want to produce good results, both in yourself and in your neighbour, and live content, converse with sinners, causing them to unburden themselves to you. These are the living books which you should study, both so as to preach and for your consolation.
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