_ 87 _ the evil one and we are protected by him Others were afraid and confessed, about twenty of them, more or less. When they left, the captain-in-chief with many soldiers came to ask my blessing, and I told him what bad Christians he had with him, and how he needed to fear because of this. When they reached the fortress, they fought but were unable to take it, and suddenly there came a sickness in the camp which carried off many; forty-five men died, and the others were wounded and sick, without doing any harm to the Moors who were with them. These men were so frightened when they remembered what I had said that day and night, the cries both of those who were dying and those who were well, from the smallest to the largest, were only for me, and they seemed to think that calling for me, who was so far away, might have some effect. Another two hundred men were sent to help them, but when they saw such a scourge of the Lord they too were frightened, and they all agreed to leave the fortress and come back to Ormuz to confess and to die. Those who came back in good health tell me that it was very remarkable that every day, hour and moment they were crying out for me. It seems that God wished to show in their consciences the trouble I had taken with them
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