after another to learne by hart heerin they would so presse him that he could scarce haue leasure to recite his diuine office in quiet they neuer making an end of begging of him vntill he had performed their desire Xauerius therfore as soone as he perceiued all things to succeed well in these first beginnings not contenting himselfe with the good of a few bethought how he might help a greater number And to the end his instruction might the more dilate it selfe he caused the children by litle and litle to teach their parents kinsfolkes seruants and neighbours those things which they themselues had learned of him So as these children of schollers becomming in a short time maisters were no small furtherance to the Christian cause Yet Xauerius although he vsed these helpes did not for al that take any less paynes himselfe For vpon sundaies before a great company of children men and women beginning with the Creed he briefly explicated vnto them the twelue articles of the Christian fayth the ten Commandements some at one time some at another He was heard attentiuely and diligently with the astonishment not only of the Christians but also of the Ethnickes who came in great troopes to heare him admiring that the Christian Law was so agreable and conformable to Reason But Xauerius well knowing that to explicate diuine matters as they ought the diuine assistaÌ„ce was more necessary then humane industry before euery article of the Creed and ech Commaundement he caused the people to recite certayne versicles made for the purpose wherein Christ and the B. Virgin Mary were piously inuoked to assist them particularly both to belieue and practise those things with they heard taught Sometymes also he would tell them confideÌ„tly that if they could obtayne those things of God which they desired of him concerning the obseruance of the Christian Fayth and his diuine Law they would afterwards receiue more good and aboundant benefits from heauen then yet they durst in their harts presume to wish for He instructed the Neophites and the Cathecumens altogeather with whome indeed he tooke more paynes and labour because they were in more danger of perditioÌ„ But the number was so great of such as became Christians for oftentimes he baptized whole villages in one day that euen his hands armes were so weary with baptizing that he could not possibly lift them vp And oftentimes also he was so spent with repeating such things vnto them as appertayned to the Christian mysteries that both his voice and forces fayled him Yet for all this his noble vertue and courage sought for no releasement of his labour but rather how he might gaine new matter of merit so that you would haue thought his body could not be tyred out nor his courage ouercome by any labour whatsoeuer He sought out dayly many infants heere and there and baptized them yet his chiefe endeauour was to instruct litle children knowing very well that the bringing vp of tender youth was a matter of great importance as forseeing that they being instructed in their infancy might be more profitable to the aduancecement of the Christian fayth then their parents whereof he had many euident tokens For he had obserued that these Neophite-children being very apt to learne their Christian doctrine were greatly desirous to teach the same vnto others and that they did so detest the worshipping of Idols and all kind of superstition that if their parents did offend therin they would not only reprehend them themselues but presently tell Francis of it And to this forwardnes of the children his helping hand was not wanting For if at any tyme they tould him of any such thing he would presently take the children by the hand go with them to the house where that heynous offence was committed and as though an alarum had byn giuen to battaile he would set vpon the place where the Idols were and together with the children rush vpon them breake them to pieces spit and tread vpon theÌ„ lastly vtterly destroy them making in this manner the worship of the Deuill a laughing-stock to children CHAP. VII Hauing vvrought many miracles by himselfe and the nevv Christians he is for his extraordinary Humility commonly called the Holy Father AFTER he had sufficiently instructed in the Catechisme the places which first occured to him going to the Towne of Tutuchurinum he lodged by the way in an obscure village of Ethinckes who contemning their neighbours examples would not heare of the ChristiaÌ„ faith Wherupon Francis vrging them with the authority of all the coast of Piscaria they all togeather answered that they could not do it by reason of their Kings auersion which was not so indeed but a pretense only to set a glosse vpon their obstinate Superstition In which case Xauerius being vncertaine what to do God out of his prouidence gaue him an admirable occasion of bringing his designes about There was a certaine womaÌ„ of good worth who had now bin very dangerously in trauaile of Child-birth three whole dayes her life was desperate Her husband kinsfolkes were also weary with praying to their deafe Gods for her safe deliuery al in vaine the which Francis vnderstanding putting his trust in God went thither in all hast with an Interpreter and gaue them some hope of help Forthwith hauing gotten the consent of the family he began to deale with her that seing there was no hope of her recouery she would prouide for her soule and withall he began briefly to explicate vnto her the chief points of the Christian fayth Wherwith she being touched from heauen and giuing credit thereto Xauerius demaunded whether she would be a Christian Very willingly quoth she Then Francis reading ouer her the Ghospell baptized her being euen ready to dye A wonderfull thing The baptisme caused her so easy a deliuery that presently she brough forth her child without any paine or difficulty For which prosperous euent he being exceedingly glad presently baptizeth the infant newly borne and then all the other of the house who were both astonished at the miracle and not a little replenished with ioy This fact being so admirable and wrought in presence of so many witnesses was instantly diuulged wherupon Xauerius iudging it a fit occasioÌ„ to vrge the people whilest they were thus amazed began to be instaÌ„t with the chiefe men of the Village that they should not doubt to imbrace that Religion wherof they had lately seene so euident a testimony But they tould him first they would not do it without their Kings licence yet afterwards hauing obtayned the same of his Lieutenant they were almost all baptized together with many whole familes so as that Village presently became Christian FroÌ„ thence Francis going to â—Punical a Town of great resort was there louingly receiued by the Neophytes where presently hauing according to his custom bapzed many infaÌ„ts he began to instruct the people the childreÌ„ in
signes of his propheticall spirit and charity AS soone as he found opportunity of passage whither he intended he put to sea at Malaca hauing Durus aforesaid for his companion vpon the 10. day of Ianuay in the yeare of our Lord 1546. hauing had a prosperous nauigation he arriued at last at his desired hauen but not without many incommodities For the maister of the ship casting about to come to the Iland of Amboynum and now thinking he had gone past the Hauen was exceedingly troubled being out of hope to get to his intended place because the wind was ful against him But Francis bad him be of good courage for the ship was not yet past the place as he imagined and that the next day in the morning he should arriue safe at the port which he desired And so it fell out although they had very ill weather At breake of day the next morning they were in sight of the Hauen But the wind was all that while so boysterous and great that it seemed vnpossible by any meanes to cast ancker therby to set Xauerius a land which was the only cause of their comming to that Iland As soone therfore as they were come to the mouth or entrance of the Hauen vpon a suddaine that blustring wind as though it obeyed Xauerius ceased in such sort that the ship came very commodiously into the hauen But now behould a second danger euen in the very Hauen it selfe Xauerius with a few others had gotten into a litle boate to row to land when as on a suddayne they fell vpon two Pyratical ships The Portugheses who were in the boate with Francis made away with al speed therby to auoyd meeting with the Pyrats And so putting suddainly into the mayne for feare they were carryed a great way from land But now hauing auoyded the danger making towards the land agayne they were put into a new feare least they might perchance meete with the same Pyrates againe Francis therfore fortelling what would happeÌ„ bad them be of good comfort row without feare to shore for by Gods goodnesse they should come safe to land And the euent proued true as he had prophecyed When Xauerius was landed he was very courteously receyued by the inhabitants being also before sufficiently recommended vnto them by fame of his sanctity Amboynum is about some 80. miles in compasse and is an Iland of speciall note vnder the Portugheses dominion much frequented both by merchants and the people of that country It is distant from Malaca aboue 900 miles There were then in this Iland besides the garrison of Portugheses seauen other townes of Christians without any one Priest among them all for he who only had bin there was lately dead Francis therfore going about to those desolate townes baptized many infants and children His manner of going was this Hauing a boy carrying a crosse before him he himselfe asked at euery dore if they had any sick any children to baptize or any dead to bury If he found any sick lifting vp his eyes and hands to heauen he receiâ—ed ouer them the Creed the Ghospell And oftentimes with one and the same labour he cured the sick both body and soule He also solemnly buried them that were dead saying first the vsuall funerall prayers afterwards masse for their soules so that a question might be made whether he more assisted the liuing or the dead But whilst he sought to deserue well of men God out of his prouidence gaue him a very speciall subiect to worke vpon About the same time Ferdinand Soza Captaine ouer certaine Spaniards comming from New Spaine which is a Country in the other world not further distant from Amboynum then from Spaine and going to the Moluca's arriued with his whole nauy at Amboynum There were many ships a very great number of marriners souldiers an incredible multitude of sick besides a cruell pestilence that had taken away many Spaniards whereupon it manifestly appeared that God out of his singular bounty had sent Xauerius before to be ready to assist help them For presently his inflamed charity began to set vpon the violence of that pestiferous disease assisting some by seruing theÌ„ and reconcyling others by the Sacrament of Confession One while he comforted the sick another while he assisted such as lay at the point of death and buried those that died with funerall obsequies Thus he being but one man performed the office of many But his greatest labour of al was to procure of those that had meanes things necessary for the poore and sicke and to seeke about with vnspeakable labour paynes medicines for their diseases whereof in that place there was great scarcity Therefore hauing oftentymes begged such thinges of one Iohn Arausius a Portughese merchant who had great store of such like wares he at last tooke it ill was very angry to see that he made no end of begging So as when vpon a tyme one asked him some such drugs in Francis his name he with much grudging gaue at length what he demaunded but tould him therewithall that he should aske him no more Which thing comming to Xauerius hearing presently by diuine instinct What quoth he doth Arausius thinke that he shall long inioy those things which he hath He is surely deceiued Go tell him from me that he need not be so sparing of his wares which death wil shortly take from him that he himselfe will dye ere it be long in this very Iland and that his goods will fall to the share of the poore therfore if he be wise let him largely bestow what he hath vpon the sicke poore people for Gods sake and make his benefit of that which may help him after he is dead The euent was answerable to what he foretould For not long after Arausius dyed in the same Iland leauing no heyre behind him his goods were distributed amongst the poore according as the custome is there when one dyeth without heyres and Arausius being stroken with the terrour of death which was declared to him to be at hand became more wary of his owne carriage and more liberall also of his drugs to the poore He spent three monthes for so long the Spanish nauy remayned at Amboynum in seruing the sicke to their exceeding great good both of body and soule Yet Xauerius his diligent endeauours were no lesse profitable to the whole then to the sicke For he neuer gaue ouer to drawe out the corruption of their minds both by the medicines of the Sacraments and by priuate and publike exhortations Which labour of his was not in vayne For he reaped indeed plentifull fruite of peace from those warlike people many priuate grudges were taken away many were reduced to see their owne errours to betake themselues to a vertuous life Amongst whome Cosmas Turrianus who came in the Spanish Nauy being moued by Francis his eminent sanctity resolued to
his mind manifestly shewed it selfe It hapned that as he was in the Church at Masse vpon the feast of S. Michael the Archangell before a great number of the inhabitants the whole Iland was vpon a suddaine so shaken with an earthquake that the Aultar it selfe seemed ready to be ouerturned Wherupon most of the people ranne away ech one whither their feare caryed them but Xauerius either as though he perceiued nothing or rather contâ—mning the feare went on constantly with his Masse saying the cause therof to be that S. Michaâ—l the Archangell did then with many torments throw downe all the Deuills of that couÌ„try into Hel who withstood Gods diuine honour so as he had more ado with men then with the deuils themselues For there wanted not some Idolaters both obstinate and potent who went about by threates feares to hinder the going forward of the Gospel But in vaine For Xauerius inuincible vertue and courage vpheld by diuine aide ouercame all things In a few monthes therfore he ranne ouer all the Christian Villages instructed an innumerable multitude of the inhabitants in the Christian precepts brought many to imbrace the faith of Christ How much fruit he heaped togeather may be hereby gathered in that it is said he made in one towne called Tolum â—5000 Christians And surely his labour was no lesse then the fruit For running to and fro so troublesome a country he suffered almost all the discommodities which could be imagined as penury want heate hungar thirst weary somnesse and dangers But as commonly the pleasure is proportionable to the paine so according to the multitude of his troubles he had coÌ„fortes to recreate his soule which how great they were may be coniectured by the clause of a letter of his to some of the same Society where hauing spoken of the barrennes of those parts of the want of all things These things saith he I haue for this end layd open vnto you that you may know what abundaÌ„ce of heauenly ioyes there be in these places For such labours dangers vndertaken wholy and willingly for Gods sake are treasuries filled with diuine and vnspeakeable consolations so that these Ilands may seeme most conuenient and apt to make one loose his eyes by shedding aboundance of most sweet teares I for my part do not remember that euer I was ouerflowed with so many so great and so continuall comfortes of mind in such sort as they wholy take from me all feeling of labours and miseries So Francis Who out of his endeauouring to bring this sauage Nation to lead a Christian life reaped no lesse fruite and comfort then labour and merit CHAP. IIII. He laboureth the second tyme amongst the Ternatians RETVRNING back from Maurica to the Moluca's he came againe to Ternate where being most ioyfully receaued by the Ternatians he stirreth vp the slouthfull to the pursuite of vertue and confirmeth those that were wauering But the ordinary course he kept was this Vpon holy dayes he preached twice a day in the morning to the Portugheses in the after-noone to the people of that Couutry exhorting the one to liue a good and vertuous life and instructing the other in the mysteries of the Christian faith and auerting them from worshipping of Idols Besides this euery day both before after noone he heard the Confessions as well of men as of women Vpon euery Wensday and Fryday he made an exhortation a part to the wiâ—es of the Portugheses who for the most part were of that country borne explicating the articles of the Creed of the ten Commandments and of the Sacraments of Confession and Communion It was then the tyme of Lent wherfore very many of them did piously religiously solemnize the Feast of Easter by receauing the sacred Eucharist from which they had vntill that time absteined But now Xauerius hauing bin long abroad was by the domesticall care of the Society at Goa called home againe Therfore he determined with all speed to passe ouer to Amboynum there to expect passage backe into India But the Gouernour of the Castle of Ternate the Sodality of Mercy and the other Portugheses by their earnest intreaty inforced him to stay yet a while at Ternate although it were not much against his will because he did not repent himself of the paines he tooke amongst theÌ„ In the meane time Francis had a great desire to try what good he could do vpon the barbarous King of Moluca who being tributary to the King of Portugall was in Religion a Saracen not so much by profession as in life For he was not held from becomming a Christian through any deuotion to Mahomet but through his owne exorbitant and licentious lust For besides whole troupes of Concubines he had 100. wiues dwelling with him in his Court. This King therfore being moued aswell by Xauerius courtesy as by his sanctity of life vsed him with all honourable respect notwithstanding that his Nobility openly repined thereat and he much desired his friendship giuing some hope that he would one day become a Christian as when he sayd that the Saracens and the Christians adore one God and a time would come when they should both professe one Religion But although he seemed to take delight in FraÌ„cis his company and discourse yet his immoderate sensuality of life kept him backe from being a Christian This thing only could at last be got of him that he promised one of his children wherof he had very many should be baptized vpon this condition that afterwards being a Christian he might be made King of the Iland of Maurica Xauerius therfore although the matter was not yet ripe being glad of that hope did so keep friendship with the King that he laboured neuerthe lesse in instructing the Country people For trying the disposition of the Ethnickes he found them to be farre lesse auerted from Christ then from Mahomet although they were by the Saracens compelled to the mahometicall superstitions and that the Saracens themselues being also ignorant of their owne profession were not found obstinate therin Supposing therfore that it would be easy to conuert them both if there were an house of the Society erected in Moluca he resolued by all meanes to do his best therein and at last by helpe of the King of Portugall who was a very great aduaÌ„cer of the Christian cause he fully accomplished the same In the meane time his chiefe care was to instruct the Portugheses and the neophytes which labour indeed proued not vnprofitable For within the space of six months all his paines were recoÌ„pensed with a most plentifull haruest of the Ternatians And he so applyed the townes men with godly Exhortations frequenting of Sacraments other holy exercises that in all mens iudgement they seemed to be another people then they had formerly byn and it is well knowen that the Christian Inhabitants thereof of an infinite number of Concubines which
to any thing how huÌ„ble or abiect soeuer without the which the gouernment of Christian affayres could not well stand Now when he had sent some of the Society into almost all the countryes of the East to manure and cultiuate the tender plants of our Lords vineyard he â—egan to thinke vpon greater matters About this â—ime Anger the Iaponiam who as we sayd before had â—in by Xauerius sent to Goa being sufficiently instructed in the mysteries of the Christian faith was baptized by the Bishop togeather with two of his serâ—antes would needs be called by the Name of the Colledge of Goa Paul of the Holy Faith of such force was the memory of that place and the benefit which he had receiued therein By him Xauerius vnderstood which had bin also related vnto him by the Portugheses who had byn there that there were in Iaponia many Ilands exceeding full of inhabitants of excellent good wits lay from Goa about 1300. leagues and moreouer that the Iaponeses were addicted to the knowledge of diuine and humane things Xauerius therfore hauing had some tryall of the Iaponians dispositions in this man and his seruants began to be taken with such a desire of instructing so vnderstanding a People that he determined without delay to make a voyage thither First therfore he taketh order for the sufficient instructing of those three Iaponians who were with him both in the Portughese language and other literature that they might serue him for Interpreters Then hauing spent a summer and winter in domesticall affaires at Goa like a good and diligent Pastour by the way visiteth the Comorinensian and Piscarian Coast with all his flocke of Christians in those parts There he is â—nformed that Henry one of the Society liued half discontented in the next country of Trauancoris for that he seemed to loose his labour amoÌ„gst the Neophytes of that place who by reason of the persecution raysed by their new King a deadly Enemy to Christians fell oftentimes into Idolatry Xauerius therfore by consolatory letters full of fatherly affection bad him be of good courage telling him withall that his profit was far greater then he imagined For although he should do nothing else yet certainly there was no small number of infants and children saued for being by him baptized who otherwaies by vntimly death had byn euerlastingly lost For put the case quoth he that there were but few of the elder sort saued yet there is no doubt to be made of their saluation who dyed in that innocency which they receiued in baptisme And therefore he should beware least through the suggestion of the Deuil he might be drawne to go into some other Country where he should not reape so good an haruest of soules But now for those who laboured seriously in the vineyard of our Lord Francis did not only comfort them himselfe but somtimes also procured Ignatius to do the like by his letters from Rome fearing least their alacrity being oppressed by continual troubles and miseries might be ouercharged by the labours which they tooke And so hauing in a certaine letter of his much praised Henry Henriquez a man of singular vertue and exemplar life who tooke great paines in the same Promontory he commended him to Ignatius desyring he would be pleased to write vnto him a letter consolatory Hauing thus setled matters in Comorinum he returneth againe to Goa to prouide for his Iaponian voyage Wherupon presently he went into the kingdome â—f Cambaya to treat about certayne affayres for the Moluca's with the Viceroy who at that tyme was â—mployed in the war of Cambaya By the way he came â—o Bazain which is a towne belonging to the Portuâ—heses scituated almost in the midway betweene Goa and the riuer Indus And going thence without any â—ay into Cambaia he was very courteously entertained â—y the Viceroy with whome hauing ended his busiâ—esse he returned presently agayne to Goa where hauing made Antony Gomez Rectour of the Colledge and appointed Paul Camertes to supply his owne place he prepareth himselfe with all speed for his iourney into Iaponia It was no sooner bruited abroad that Francis was to go into Iaponia but presently many of his friends came vnto him in all hast to terrify him from so dangerous a resolutioÌ„ laying before his eyes the many and great dangers of so long and vnknowne a voiage by sea for that he was to go vnto the furthest end of the world Iaponia lying from Goa aboue 1300. leagues and the way vnto it being but newly found out was not as yet sufficiently knowne for the auoiding of rockes and quicksands Moreouer they declare vnto him the horrible stormes and tempests of that sea in respect whereof the fury and rage of the rest of the Ocean was but a sport especially in the tyme of Autumne when as those seas are tossed with a most boisterous wind called by the Inhabitants Typhon and with such a fury and violence as none can imagine but those who haue seen and proued it by which also the greatest and strongest ships being often loosened in their ioyntes being not able to endure such violent waues become so broken and shattered that eyther swallowed vp in the billowes or els dashed agaynst the rockes do miserably perish And the very name of the forsayd Wind or rather Fury striketh such an horrour into the passengers that eueÌ„ the most skillfull and hardyest Pilots and Marriners esteeme this voyage into Iaponia to be no lesse dangerous then toylsome so farre doth the violent raging of that sea passe all their art and skill Moreouer they tell him that there be in diuers places many quicksands in the way very hard to be discouered wherein their shippes eyther by not being acquainted with the tract or else by drift of tempest do sticke fast to their certayne destruction Againe all those seas for the most part are much pestered with most cruell pyrates For besides the Acenians who being deadly enemies to the Portugheses make continuall depredations in the gulfe of Malaca with great fleetes there keepe also about the Coast of China many nauies of most bloudy and desperate pyrates vsing no mercy to whomesoeuer they take They should also in those places meete with other nauies of the King of China which being appointed to pursue the pyrates kept no more quarter with straÌ„gers then with the pyrats themselues in so much that one cannot tell whether it be more daÌ„gerous to meet with the pyrates themselues or with those that pursue theÌ„ so that it was certaynely esteemed no bad fortune if but euery third shippe came safe into Iaponia These and such lyke things though they were â—â—deed matters of no light moment yet were they by â—is friends greatly exagerated who for that they proâ—eeded from very graue persons and skillfull of such â—â—ffaires hoped they might auert Xauerius mynd from â—hat enterprize But all in vaine nor could they once moue his noble courage which
among them a Christian Knight called Iohn de Cruz a man of good account in his own Country a Malabar by birth yet more resembling a Portughese then his owne Nation who for his valour hauing byn made a ChristiaÌ„ Knight by the King of Portugall had brought at that very tyme certayne horses for a present to the Kings of the Paraua's The chiefe therfore of the Paraua's by reason of their former familiarity go vnto him lay open the whole matter before him asking his counsayle and aduise what they should do Cruz being a man both graue and pious and hoping this feare of theirs might be an occasion to bring in the Gospell of Christ among them so as at once they might be set free from the misery both of their warre and their superstition tould them his opinion was that in this extremity of danger they were to fly to extreme remedyes and seeing contrary to all iustice and equity they were betrayed by their owne Kings and hardly charged on all sides by their enemies forces they should implore ayde of the Almighty King of HeaueÌ„ of the Portugheses their friends who were his deuoted and religious seruants that so protected by the Portugheses and the diuine assistance they might not only defend themselues but also triumph ouer their enemies For if they would yield themselues subiect to the ChristiaÌ„ Religion to the Portugheses they certainly would fight with all their forces for them both in regard of religion and because they were now become their suiects and would also by the help of God carry the whole businesse with as good successe as valour And hauing conquered ouerthrowne the Saracens the deadly enemyes of Christians they might also perhaps giue vp the fishing of pearles as taken from the Saracens by right of warre vnto the Paraua's in respect they were become Christians as a pledge of their Religion To this counsaile they gaue willing eare And the Paraua's were neyther deceyued by the Knight nor the Knight by them for all things came to passe as he had fortold Now when the feare of their enemies the authority of that vertuous knight had driuen them to enter league with the Portugheses presently their chiefe Magistrates whome they call Pantagarines dispatch an Embassage of certayne principall men amoÌ„g them to the Portugheses at Cocinum to whome they gaue in charge that as soon as they came thither with the first occasion they should become Christians then putting the Paraua's vnder the protection of the Portugheses they should demaund succour of them agaynst the imminent fury of the Saracens and withall Priests to instruct and make the rest Christians Cocinum is a goodly Citty belonging to the Portugheses scituated on the sea betweene the Promontory of Comorinum and Goa the chiefe of all India both for extent and worth next vnto Goa As soone therfore as the Paraua's Embassadours arriued at Cocinum after almost two hundred myles iourney they very fortunately find there present Michael Vasaeus the Suffragan or Bishops Vicar-generall a man very zealous for the propagation of Religion who courteously receiuing them led them to the Gouernour and commended them and their busines no lesse seriously then effefectually vnto him The Gouernor hauing in a friendâ—ly maÌ„ner heard the Paraua's embassage he both shewed them all courtesy for the present and promised them also to deale their matter with the Viceroy of India And what he sayd he performed in a more example manner after that the Embassadours had desired to be â—aptized The Viceroy being certifyed of the whole â—usinesse by the Gouernour of Cocinum as he was a â—â—an of extraordinary zeale was very glad of that occasion and commaunded forthwith that ayde should be sent to the Paraua's In the meane tyme the Paraua'sâ—mbassadours â—mbassadours being all baptized were called de Cruz of the Crosse for Iohn de Cruz his sake who had giuen them that counsaile And so great is the reward which good counsaile deserueth that the other chiefe men also of that nation did afterwards take the same name The Gouernor therfore by commaund from the Viceroy prepareth out of hand a stroÌ„g nauy hastneth to the coast of Piscaria ioyneth battayle with the enemy where the matter seemed to surpasse all humane forces For the Saracens were ouerthrowen at the first onset and entirely conquered by one battaile Then the Paraua's being deliuered from all feare of warre the Gouernour turned his care to procure the saluation of their soules and sending thither Priests there were baptized to the number of 20000. Now the Portugheses returning Conquerours were not content with the protection safegard of their subiects but gaue them moreouer as Cruz had foretould the fishing of pearles for congratulation of their becomming Christians Wherby the case was now so altered that the Saracens might not fish without the Paraua's gaue them leaue Thus God drawing good out of euill by the tearing of one eare was an occasion of the saluation of a whole Nation But humane frailty was not answerable to the will and ordinance of God For the Priests I spake of when they had baptized a great number of the Paraua's being dismayed through the intemperatnesse of the ayre and want of victualls returned home agayne And so those poore new Christians who perchance had not byn conuerted to the fayth of Christ so much for the loue of true Religion as for the feare of daunger they were lately in being left destitute of Pastours and wholly ignorant fell agayne into their old superstitions and customes Xauerius being certifyed hereof by Michael Vasaeus the Suffragan his mynd was possessed with various affections for as he much reioyced at so great an aduancement of the Christian cause so was he extremly grieued for their succourlesse estate yet was he agayne comforted through firme hope that himselfe might be able shortly to help comfort theÌ„ For now the Ethnicks and Neophites that were about the Citty of Goa and who at that tyme vsed his help were very well prouided through the endeauours of F. Borban others and therfore he much desired to succour these who were left destitute of all assistance Whereupon forthwith he resolued to go to Piscaria to fish for the soules of the fisher-men themselues which were farre more precious then their pearles And presently he goeth to the Bishop as his custome was to whome he declareth what determination he had made but withall leaueth the whole matter to his discretion Who approuing of what he had determined wished him a happy iorney with al courtesy dismissed him At whose departure the teares which stood in Alboquercius eyes shewed euidently how much he loued Xauerius for his humility TheÌ„ Francis hauing gotten the Bishops approbation goeth to Sosa the Viceroy and opening the matter vnto him earnestly equesteth his furtherance for the accomplishment therof if he thought it fitting The viceroy theÌ„ tooke God to witnesse that he was very sory for
â—â—struct children because he knew certaynely that â—uch as dyed before they lost their innocency being â—aptized were made partakers of the kingdom of heaâ—en the which many that were of riper yeares lost by returning agayne to their former bad life And he did â—ot only himselfe imploy his chiefest endeauours in â—elping that tender age but also gaue most diligent charge to F. Marsilla his companion to do the same Moreouer as occasion place required he helped the Neophytes not only spiritually but corporally also VpoÌ„ the East of the coast of Piscaria there lieth bordering a wild sauage kind of people whome they â—â—al Badages These gathering together a great army eiâ—her out of hatred to Religion or through desire of â—illage had inuaded the borders of the Christians of Comorinum spoyling wasting all before them The Christians being affrighted at this suddain incursion abandoning their villages had gotten ouer a little arme of the sea and there hid themselueÌ„s amongst the rockes a fit place for such a purpose where abiding in the open ayre and the sunne the heate wherof as we sayd is most extreme in those partes they were miserably burnt vp and brought to such want of necessary meanes to liue vpon that some dyed for meere hunger This fearefull newes did not only moue Xauerius to piety towards them but also stirred vp his carefull endeauours to affoard new succour in this new accident He therfore presently bringeth vnto these poore soules twenty small vessels loaden with prouision And withall writeth to the Pantagarines magistrates of the Coast thereabout to make a collectioÌ„ among the richer sort for the reliefe of their miseries So as he prouided for them not only for the present but also for the time to come But as soone as that storme was ouerpast by retyrement of the enemy gathering togeather his dispersed sheep he omitted nothing belonging to the duty of a good Pastour He raysed vp those that were cast downe and comforted them that were afflicted both by coÌ„passionate words all other sweet means But behould a new tempest aryseth so much the heauier by how much loÌ„ger it endured They who were officers in the Coast of Piscaria being couetous and intemperate men began after a proud and auaricious manner to dominier ouer the neophytes Wherupon Xauerius being no lesse moued at the vnworthinesse of the fact then it deserued first opposed himselfe stoutly against their couetousnesse at last when he saw he was not able to withstand them himselfe he thought to request the viceroy of India remaining then at Cocinum to ayde him and for that purpose resolued to go vnto him But new occasions occurring hindred both his determination and iorney which now he had begun CHAP. XI He conuerteth the Kingdome of Trauancoris to the Christian Faith and defendeth the Neophytes from the Barbarians HAVING now spent in the Coast of Piscaria halfe a yeare in the forsaid labours and by his endeauours and diligent care so greatly profited therein that finding at his comming thither but twenty both villages and townes in al those very rude he left now to his coÌ„panions thirty all of them well instructed ordered Wherfore composing all things as well as he could he leaueth the charge of the Neophytes to Fa. Mansilla taking his iorney towards Cocinum through the coast of Trauancoris which lyeth next to Piscaria Trauancoris is a sea coast on that side of India where Goa standeth bending towards the West and lyeth betweene the PromoÌ„tory of Comorinum the Towne Colanum almost 30. miles from Cocinum and is said to be in length about 80. miles There were in that Coast of sea villages to the number of 30. inhabited partly by Ethnicke fisher-men whome they call Machoa's and partly by Saracens Francis therfore what for want of shipping and to try their dispositions had a desire to passe through their Country to Cocinum He wanted not friends who endeauored to dissuade him from that iourney shewing him that the Machoa's Saracâ—ns hated him extremely taking it very ill that the Paraua's their neighbours were become ChristiaÌ„s Yet for all this he being driuen on more by God theÌ„ by any other necessity as afterwards the euent plainly demoÌ„strated made no doubt of passing through their country Depending therefore vpon the diuine Prouidence and thinking also that he should gayne by the bargayne if he chanced to dye for Christ he beginneth his iorney through the midle of the Country about the midst of the yeare of our Lord 1544. As he trauayled he visited the villages which lay in his way and as the goodnes of God farre exceedeth all that pious men can expect he experienced his diuine bouÌ„ty no lesse fauourable to his enemies then to himselfe so peaceable he found all things and the people greatly disposed to receiue the seed of the holy Ghospell First therfore hauing gotten friendship with their King and working vpon the Barbarians harts as well with hope as with feare sometimes propounding to them the amity of the Portugheses theÌ„ againe denouncing against them threats from heauen he without any great difficulty brought them to imbrace the faith of Christ especially when being wonne by offices of Christian Charity they had obtayned leaue by an Edict from their King to change their Religions Wherfore Xauerius reioicing at this so fortunate successe imployed himselfe incessantly in going about from towne to town to baptize instruct the people in the mysteries of the Christian faith What an infinite nuÌ„ber were by his meanes made Christians may be coniectured by this that he baptized at one time aboue ten thousand His manner of instructing and baptizing was this When he came to any village to baptize calling all the men women and children togeather into one place after he had taught them that there was one God the Father the Sonne the holy Ghost he commanded them euery one to make vpon themselues thrice the signe of the Crosse in honour of the most B. Trinity according as he had before instructed them Then putting on a Surplise with a cleare voice he pronounced the mysteries precepts of the Christian Religion explicated the same briefly as well as he could in their owne language And when they seemed to be sufficiently instructed he bad them aske God pardon publickly for the sinnes of their life past and demanded whether they did really and truly belieue all and euery point of the Christian Religion TheÌ„ they by putting their armes a crosse gaue a signe that they did belieue and so he baptized them putting downe euery ones name in writing as his custome was When all were baptized Xauerius caused the Temples of the Gods to be presently throwne downe and their Idols to be broken in pieces One could not haue beheld a more gratefull or pleasant spectacle then to see them now trample those Idols vnder their feete which a litle
before they had with so great reuerence adored Which great iniury the Diuel certainly would not haue left vnreuenged if Francis had not had as great courage to withstand the danger as to offer him that affront For he stirred vp the Badages agayne of whome we spake before who are no lesse cruell enemies to Christian Religion then brutish sauage by nature against the flock of Christ which as yet was but yong and tender Wherfore a mighty army of these barbarians made a suddaine incursion vpon the borders of Trauancoris began to spoile the villages of the Christians The inhabitants making a dolefull outery togeather with the lamentation of women and children being all in vproue betooke themselues to flight yet with little hope to escape being round beset by their enemies Xauerius for it happened he was then present being stirred vp by the tumult wrought a memorable act For wholy forgetting himselfe by reason of the eminent danger he saw before his eyes he flyeth in amongst them like a Lion and with an vndaunted courage both of spirit and countenance rebuketh those barbarous people who were wonderfully amazed to behold his courage and boldnes since being slaues to the Deuill and forgetfull of their owne freedome and saluation they came so violently to offend others Then as a good Pastour he putteth himselfe into the formest presse of the Christians either to rule his flocke by authority or if he could not do that to dy togeather with them But the Badages although most barbarous cruell could not indure those fiery flames which seemed to shine forth of Francis his couÌ„tenance and face and so for feare and reuerence to his person they spared the rest Yet all this while he was not free from danger of death For the Ethnickes out of hatred to Christian Religion lay oftentimes in waite for him whome notwithstanding he defeated partly by his prudence and partly by diuine assistaÌ„ce as then it happened Vpon a tyme some of them seeking after him to kill him he ranne into a wood where climbing vp into a tree he sate there all night and so escaped their hands being sheltred more by Gods assistaÌ„ce then eyther by the tree or night And his enemies plots against him were so frequent that some of the Neophytes who were most pious and faithfull vnto him kept alwayes of their owne accord watch in the night before his lodging to defend him Notwithstanding the continuall treacheries of these barbarous people he omitted neyther his nightly prayer which scarcely permitted him two houres rest nor ceased from his dayly iourneys of the day eueÌ„ in the heat of the sunne for that going about the Townes he went barefoote in a ragged coate and with an ordinary Hat on his head Yet this carelesnes of his corporall habit did no way obscure the sanctity of his soule but made it more eminent He was now commonly called the Great Father and the King of Trauancoris commanded by publicke Edict throughout his whole kingdom that all should obey the Great Father no otherwise then himselfe The Christians had not at that tyme any Church in that Coast wherfore he was constrained to say masse either vnder some tree or some sayle of a shippe But now it is reported there be built aboue twenty Churches and Chappels in that Country And when he was to preach for want of a pulpit he would froÌ„ some commodious tree speake vnto the multitude which was somtimes infinite For when he went out into the fieldes to preach there followed him many times fiue or six thousand persons His care also was not lesse in augmenting the flocke of Christ then in maintaining what he had gotten That the Neophytes might also after his departure retaine what they had learned vpon his going away he did not only leaue a copy of the Christian doctrine in euery Towne but also taught them the manner how to exercyse it euery morning and euening and for that end appointed a Moderatout ouer them Yet all this time he refrained from too much dealing with those who dwelt vp higher in the hart of the couÌ„try knowing very well that the sea coasts where the Portugheses commaunded were farre more fit to receiue and maintaine the Christian faith then the vpland Country of India where the Brachmans deadly enemies to our Religion had the possession He therfore trauailed all ouer that country lying by the sea side going from village to village euery where baptizing instructing as many as he could in the Christian faith so as now almost all the townes of the Machoa's Paraua's had by Francis his meanes put themselues vnder the sweet yoke of Christ when the report therof comming to the bordering Ilands set on fire the Manarians a neighbouring people to emulate their piety CHAP. XII Neophytes slayne for Religion become an ornament to the Christian Fayth MAnaria is a litle Iland lying ouer against the coast of Pâ—scaria distant from the continent an 150. miles There was therein a village called Patinus at that tyme of litle note but now greatly enobled by the death of many Martyrs The inhabitants of this place had a great desire to receaue the Christian Religion wherof they had heard many notable things reported as well of Xauerius as of the Comorines Wherefore they earnestly inuited Francis to come thither and baptize them But he being imployed about other most important affaires coÌ„cerning Religion and not able to go himselfe sent a certayne Priest in his place to instruct them in the Catechisme and to baptize them Wherupon followed a great storme of persecution which notwithstanding proued very profitable vnto them For the King of Iafanapatana vnder whose dominion that Iland is out of a Barbarous cruelty being also incensed with the hatred he bare vnto Christians was so enraged that sending thither an army of men what by fyre sword destroyed and wasted the whole Towne There are sayd to haue byn slayne at that tyme for Religion more then 600. persons Thus that vast solitude brought forth fresh and fragrant flowers of Martyrs for heauens ornament Since which tyme that place hath reteyned the name of the Towne of Martyrs About the same tyme it fell out fortunately that the sayd King of Iafanapatana his owne brother and heire to the same kingdome fearing his brothers fury had fled to the Viceroy of India promising that if he could by the Portugheses forces be restored to his Fathers kingdome he with his nobles and greatest part of his subiects would become Christians The Viceroy greatly desirous as well to aduance Religion as to reuenge the slaughter of the Innocents was much incensed agaynst the Tyrant Whereupon he presently sendeth a very strong Nauy to Nagapatana which is a sea Towne scituated in the continent ouer against the Iland of Manaria about 200. miles from the Promontory of Comorinum and withal commandeth them to make warre vpon the King of Iafanapatana and
his enemies but those that hindred Gods diuine seruice He was certainly determined and resolued to follow God who called him into Maurica neither was it want of shipping which should stay him for if he could not get a ship he would assuredly rely vpon God and swimme ouer When therfore his friends perceiued him to be secure of Gods assistance and to remayne immoueable in his determination not inuenting what more to do they came all weeping vnto him brought him all kind of preseruatiues agaynst poyson But Francis fearing least by conceauing through anxiety of mind some vaine imaginations of dangers he might cast vpon himselfe too much solicitude and care and out of hope of humane helpe diminish his confidence in Gods prouidence gaue them thankes for their good will and withall tould them that those things would be rather a burden then any help vnto him And therfore intreated them that they would not loade him with so much diffidence in God But if they desired to haue him preserued from all plagues and poisons they should dayly pray to God for him For that was the most infallible and most present remedy which could be found And so taking leaue of his friends he prepared himselfe for his iourney with all alacrity Whilest he was thus vpon the point to depart and venture vpon so great danger there came good newes out of India which added more flames to his zealous confidence which was that nine more of the Society of IESVS were come from Portugal to Goa fiue of them Priests to wit Francis Perez Alphonsus Cyprian Henry Henriquez Francis Henry and Nonnius Ribera the others who had not yet taken holy orders were Baltazar Nonnius Adam Francis Nicolas Nonnius and Emanuel Morales Xauerius therfore hauing vnderstood of their arriuall before his departure from Amboynum being very glad that such assistance was come so happily appointed to euery one of them their employment presently dispatched letters to Goa to those of the Society wherein be gaue order that Francis Perez should remaine in Goa to teach the schollers there and that Cyprian and Henry should go to Comorinum for the help of the Neophites in that place and the two Fathers who were already in Comorinum with the rest of the nyne he ordeined to repayre vnto the Moluca's intending with this smal supply to visit all those IlaÌ„ds assist euery one as farre as he was able Then with Gods speciall fauour he began his iourney towards Maurica taking ship at Ternate in the Month of May 1546. whither he soone after safely arriued CHAP. III. He bringeth the sauage people of Maurica to ciuill behauiour and instructeth them in the Christian Faith AAVRICA as we haue bin informed is diuided into two Prouinces the one is scituated in the Continent and is called Maurotia the other consisteth of two Ilands which they call Maurotides Of these two Ilands one of them is horrible to behould by reason of certayne burning rockes out of which there oftentimes burst forth mighty stones of fyre as bigge as trees and with such a noyle and violence as no peece of Ordinance though neuer so great sendeth forth its bullets with a greater report and sometimes also where the stone breaketh out in that vehemency aforesaid there is cast forth from the same place such an huge quantity of ashes that both men and women labouring a great way off in the fieldes are so besmered euen couered with the same that you would thinke them rather Deuils then men Many wild Bores also are stifled ouerwhelmed therwith in the woods yea and fishes found euery where cast vp dead vpon the shore The same Iland that no inconuenience may be wanting is so skaken with almost perpetuall earthquakes that they who sayling by chance in the sea neere vnto it are oftentymes greatly affrighted thinking they be cast vpon some rocke that lyeth in their way Moreouer the winds being at continuall warres with one another within the hollow caues of the earth make such a dismall noise strike such an incredible horrour into the eares that one would thinke he heard the roring of hel itself vpon which occasion Francis was often wont to put them in mynd of the paines of hell fire wherin Idolaters and bad Christians are tormented for al eternity There inhabit these places also a kind of people called Iauari who are without any knowledge of Christianity extremely wild and sauage and delight only in murder And when they haue no strangers to slaughter they turne their fury vpon their owne wiues and children and oftentimes do make no small hauocke amongst the Christians There be also some among them who account mans flesh for dainties especially when they are killed in battaile O eternall God! how strongely is he guarded who trusteth in his diuine assistance and is protected by him How secure is one in the midst of the greatest daÌ„gers where God standeth for him Nothing surely is to be feared nothing to be doubted when God as the Guide leadeth the way Among these people then more truely sauage then bruite beastes did Xauerius through help of the Highest remaine for the space of three monethes beyond all mens expectation with more profit to the inhabitants then danger to himselfe For in this tâ—me he brought those sauage people to milder dispositions and reclaimed them to that ciuill carriage which becommeth Christians They were at that time wholy ignorant all alike in matters of Christianity retayning only the meere Name of Christians Francis therfore presently went about to all the Christian villages being neere thirty in number baptizing infantes instructing the elder sort hindring sacrifices to Idols and helping the neophytes in their miseryes both spirituall and corporall In his publick and priuate exhortations he terrified that barbarous people with threatnings both from heauen earth shewing them that they were not far from Hell as they might well see by the fire and ashes which were oftentimes cast vp and vomited forth in such abundance that manylewd and wicked men among them were throwne downe headlong deuoured therein The same also was signified by those huge earthquakes wherwith the ground being ready to open threatned to swallow vp such as for their detestable wickednes were hatefull in the sight of almighty God Therfore they should by all meanes beware that they fell not heaâ—long into those euerlasting flames wherof they had a continuall representation before their eyes By these kind of exhortations and other precepts of Christian doctrine he wonderfully qualified their sauage natures so as within a short space all that Nation then the which as we sayd there had bin none worse or more inhumane vntill that day began from that tyme to be not only mild and tractable but willing to be instructed also in the mysteries of our faith such force hath Christian discipline to drawe men to humanity Here in this place the vndaunted courage of Francis
went in Iaponia Xauerius found also in Goa that Christianity the Society had there much increased in his absence For the Portugeses hauing bin very carefully instructed both by the Franciscans Dominicans and those also of the Society after their vices were once rooted out liued very ciuilly and piously euen amidst the greatest liberty and affluence of al things For although they were warlike â—nd martiall men â—yet they lead a life void and free â—â—ot only from quarrelling wrangling and iniuries â—â—ut euen from those pleasures also which are lawâ—â—lly granted vnto men in so much that it was held â—â—r a monstrous thing for any one to keepe a Concuâ—â—ne so farre did the force of heauenly mysteries reâ—â—raine the liberty of Souldiars For many times in the â—eare and as often also as they were to be sent vpon â—â—y seruice they armed themselues with the Sacraâ—ents of Confession and Communion One would â—â—aue thought they had bin rather religions men then â—â—uldiars Fa. Paul Camertes also Francis his Vicar hauing â—â—stituted an Hospitall at Goa for the poore did â—imselfe begge almes about the Citty for the mainteâ—ance therof with no lesse incouragement to pious â—eople then comfort to the poore themselues Beâ—des this Fa. Anthony Gomez by the Viceroyes and â—â—shops command hauing byn sent to Malauaria had â—â—structed in the mysteries and precepts of the Chriâ—â—ian faith the King of Tanoris who had bin lately â—â—onuerted and baptized priuatly by Vincentius a Franâ—â—scan Friar and brought him at last being much aâ—ayd of the speeches of men to prefer religion beâ—â—ore feare professing himselfe a Christian publikely â—â—uen in the Citty of Goa Where being intertayned by â—â—he Bishop and Viceroy with all honour and solemâ—ity he became an example to many Kings and Prinâ—â—es and to his owne subiects also to make the same â—â—ryall of the Christian Faith Those also of the Society whome Xauerius had sent abroad into diuers other places had ech of them wrought great fruit by labouring in our Lords vineyard For in the Promontory of ComorinuÌ„ which as we sayd before had byn manured by Fa. Anthony Criminalis watered with his dearest bloud was to be seene a most plentiful haruest of soules there being numbred 400. thousand Christians So that there may be a question whether his life or death caused more increase to the Christian cause But at Oâ—â—s that most fayre and rich Citty as we said seated in the mouth of the Persian gulfe Gaspar Barzaeus the low Country maÌ„ had most nobly carryed on the businesse For that Citty being the very sincke of Ethinckes Saracens and Iewes had now publikely giuen full scope to all abuses being growne euen degenerate wholy ignorant of their owne country customes and ceremonies Wherefore Gaspar being sent thither by Xauerius order had in a short space greatly corrected and reformed their corrupt wicked manners shewing himselfe a schollar not vnworthy of such a maister whose worthy acts being by others already recouÌ„ted I will only mention one in this place whereby a coniecture may be made of the rest There was at Ormus a most ample and famous Temple dedicated to Mahomet wherein he was serued by the Saracens with the greatest solemnity anâ—â— deuotion that might be Gaspar could not endure to seâ—â— the honour due to Christ giuen to that wicked Apostata from the Christian Religion Wherfore inflaâ—â— med with diuine zeale he performed a noble act worthy of all memory For leading with him a troupe oâ—â— â—â—ldren with great crosses in their hands and singing â—â—oud he setteth vpon the Temple in the open day â—â—e and himselfe carying also a Crosse first of al ruâ—â—th into the midst of the chaunting Saracens and in â—â—e sight of those Barbarians who stood amazed at â—â—e strang accideÌ„t planteth at leasure six great Crosses â—â—st in the pauement of the Temple One would haue â—â—ought the fury of that franticke people to haue â—â—n with-held by diuine power from doing any outâ—â—ge vpon him who was moued by God to performe â—â—at noble act The which was afterward made more â—â—ident by the euent of the thing it selfe For that the â—â—ght therof did so discourage and terrify the SaraceÌ„s â—â—at they forsooke the Temple euer after and ran aâ—â—ay like men distracted as the Deuills are wont to â—â—o when the signe of the Crosse is made against them â—aspar at first by Francis his appointment remayned 〈◊〉 the hospitall But afterwards when the Citty of â—rmus had receaued euident triall both of his his â—ompanions vertue they built a proper House and Church for the Society Both which the Society for certayne reasons thinking good afterwards to leaue â—yielded them vp freely to the Dominicans who with much prayse fruit laboured in that vineyard of our Sauiour for the respect they bare vnto that most holy Family With no lesse labour did Fa. Cyprian liue in Meliâ—pora the Towne of S. Thomas who after he came thither so moued the townes-men by his preaching and exemplar life that of themselues they freely gaue to the Society a place for their perpetuall habitation Cyprian therefore assisted by the diuine goodnes did therin many and worthy things but amongst others this one was very remarkeable A certaine Marriner hauing taken away a Christian woman by force from her husband put her into a ship not without the Maysters knowledge to carry her away Wherof Cyprian being aduertised when he could not by any meanes hinder such an abominable fact pronounced this prophecy out of the pulpit Certaine persoÌ„s haue carryed away another mans wife but it shall not be long before they be punished according to desert for their sinne agaynst God and man For the ship whereinto the woman is conueyed shall perish and wheras he that hath committed this fact hath now but one eye and stammereth with his tongue shall ere long loose his other eye and speach also All this fell out as he foretould For within few dayes after the ship was cast away whereupon the Mayster thereof being enraged agaynst the sayd marriner pulled out his other eye And he lykewise by his loud crying out in the shipwracke became of a stammerer wholy speachlesse Moreouer Fa. Nicolas Lancelot at Colanum Baltazar Gage at Bazain Francis Perez at Malaca Iohn Beira in Moluca and Maurica others of the Society some in one place some in another by the help of our Lord imployed their labours not without great profit in confirming the Neophytes and gayning of Ethnickes to Christ And all of them carryed themselues with such wonderfull sanctity of lyfe euen amidst so great want of humane assistance and hardnes of all â—â—hings that with ease they obtained or established plaâ—â—es of Residence for the Society About the same time also Gaspar Consalues procured a ResideÌ„ce for the Socieâ—y at Tanaa a towne distaÌ„t from Bazain 17 miles where â—he Townes men being instructed by the same Father 〈◊〉 Christian piety became good husband-men
The Noblemens children make reuerence to Xauerius What kind of eloquence the Japonians haue The King of Bungo standing vp expecteth Francis his comming Xauerius maiesticall couÌ„tenance The King of Bungo his testimony of the Christian fayth A Bonzies arrogancy The Bonzies fooleries The Kings temper The pride inteÌ„perate tongue of a Bongy The King inuiteth Xauerius to dinner The King giueth to Xauerius from his owne table The King by Xauerius persuasion reformeth both his owne his subiects maÌ„ners Not minding his meate he attends to the sauing of soules A noble Bonzie being conuinced and conuerted to Christ professeth his fayth in in the market place 500. Iaponians wonne to Christ in one day Xauerius prudence Pouerty a disgrace amoÌ„g the Iaponians A crafty deuise of the Bonzies The pride of a Bonzy The Bongies PythagoreaÌ„ fooleries concerning the transmigration of soules He conuinceth the Pythagoricall fables The peeuish pertinacy of a Bonzie The King of Bungo his prudeÌ„ce Xauerius couragious spirit By the Gouernours meanes the Portugheses vndergo the danger with Xauerius The CoÌ„ditions of the disputation The Portugheses new affections to Xauerius The Bonzies bills of Exchange The Bonzies shut out of heauen poore people and women New disputation with other Bonzies The King leadeth Xauerius to his lodging The Bonzies rage The King of Bungo giueth an house to the Society of IESVS The King weeping at Xauerius departure Francis his exhortatioÌ„ to the King The King of Bungo his desire to protect and propagate the ChristiaÌ„ ReligioÌ„ When the King of Bungy was baptised he would be called Francis Why he determined to go into China The descripâ—ion manners of the Chineses The couÌ„try of China shut vp against Christs Ghospel His care of the Society Francis imployeth himselfe to help the ship being in danger He deliuereth out of danger the ship almost cast away A prediction of the boates returne to the ship The boate of her selfe cometh to the ship side Francis being in the ship was seene at the same time also in the boate He foretels a calme sea Iames Pererias notable bounty Peter Vellius his great liberality A notable Prophecy A double Prophecy The Hauen Sincapura A Prophecy At Malaca he is receiued with great ioy gratulation of all As soone as he came to Goa he visiteth the sicke He recouers one of the Society ready to dye The FraÌ„ciscans Dominicans industry The King of Tanoris baptized In the PromoÌ„tory of ComorinuÌ„ there are numbred 400000 ChristiaÌ„s A memorable fact of Father Gaspar Barzaeus The force of the Crosse The Dominicans commended Cyprians notable vertue An IndiaÌ„ like another Simeon dyeth after he had imbraced Christ The piety and liberality of James Perera Gaspar the low countryman FraÌ„cis his vicar The Towne Diu. The summe of Francis his letters to the King of Portugall An exaÌ„ple of ChristiaÌ„ humility A triple Prophecy A teÌ„pest by Xauerius is calmed through Gods helpâ— Francis notable moderatioÌ„ when he was iniured His moderation in excoÌ„municating He dealeth with the Gouernour by a third per son as the Iapouians vse to do The Embassage into China hindred Xauerius opinion of excoÌ„municated persons A grieuous prophecy He by his prayers obteyneth of God paÌ„nance for the Gouernour of Malaca His desire to propagate the faith He shaketh of the dust of his shooes A denouncing of calamities He auoideth by all meanes speaking with an excommunicated person CoÌ„forts in sadnes and miseries are to be obtained of God by the Sacraments The description of China The customes of the Chineses The IlaÌ„d SaÌ„ciana The Chineses exclude strangers Francis his inuincible courage in time of daÌ„ger The Magistrates of China's cruelty towards strangers His zeale of soules The loue of the Crosse Math. 10. Xauerius humanity towards the Portugheses Francis being left by his host falleth sicke A double Propheâ—ey Xauerius liues by begging He agayne falleth into his former sicknes He is entertained by a Portughese in a cottage He promptyly obeyeth the Physitian The grieuous paines of his sicknes His Ioathing of his meate His excellent patience He departteh this lyfe When he was dead he opened away into China The Portugheses feeling of Xauerius death He is pur into the ornameÌ„ts of a Priest vnsleâ—kt Lime is put into the Coffin Francis his body is found entier 4. monthes after The Malacensians zeale in receauing Xauerius body Xauerius funerals at Malaca A sick-man is healed by touching his body Bloud floweth out of Xauerius dead body the 5. month after Francis his body intier the 9 month after his death The veile died with fresh bloud The zeale which the Cocinensians shewed in going to visit Xauerius body Honour giuen to Xauerius by the mariners others Francis his body is intier 16. monthes after his death Francis his shirt also nothing the worse after so many monthes buriall His funerall at sea A great concourse to Xauerius body His land funerall An incredible coÌ„course to Xauerius body By order from the Viceroy a Physitian examineth the integrity of his body The Bishops Vicar againe examineth the matter The King of Portugall maketh meanes to haue Francis Canonized The King of Portugal letters to the Viceroy of India The Viceroyes Inquisition after Xauerius acts He being at Malaca foreseeth a danger which the Society vnderwent in Portugall A Prophecy of fayre weather in the feare of shipwracke He foretels the speedy death of theÌ„ that were in good health A prophecy of a ship to perish in the haueÌ„ By diuine light he seeth his frieÌ„ds sinnes how loÌ„g he had abstained from coÌ„fession He seeth that his friend was in his hart plotting a great sinne He being ready to dy foretelleth destruction of one that accompanied him He miraculously cureth the stone By miraculously repreheding a very wicked man he makes him become a Francisciscan He with one answere satisfyeth many of the Iaponian questions He giueth gould which he had miraculously receiued to one that had suffered shipwracke He vseth strange meanes to make a gamester at dice detest that play The oyle vessell which was emptyed was miraculously filled agayne He by his prayers curreth a childfull of vlcers The Inquisitors and Vicars testimony of Xauerius sanctity His testimony also of them tegrity of his body An excellent PhisitiaÌ„s testimony of the integrity of his body A sick woman by doing reuereÌ„ce to FraÌ„cis his body is cured Xaâ—erius girdle cureth many great diseases A GeÌ„tle man recouereth his sight by applying Francis his haÌ„ds to his eyes The key of his shrine driueth away the rheume A principal woman desiring to visit Xauerius is recouered of a great sicknes Francis his discipline restoreth many to their health Two Fathers in Europe recouer their health by calling vpon Francis Being called vpon at Paris he obteineth an easy deliuery for a woman in child-birth His night prayer As often as opportunity serued he prayed in the Church He goeth into solitary places to pray His prayer in the ship His feruour in prayer