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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09493	A briefe relation of the late martyrdome of fiue Persians conuerted to the Catholique faith by the reformed Carmelites, who remaine in the mission of Persia, with the King of Persia, in his citty of Haspahan. And of the increase of the Christian faith in those parts. Gathered out of the letters, which the Fathers labouring in the said mission, haue written vnto their generall: which letters are printed in the Italian and French, and are now translated into English for the good of the Church	Garayzabal, M.	1623 (1623)	STC 19776; ESTC S114576	12,166	38

A BRIEFE RELATION of the late Martyrdome of fiue PERSIANS Conuerted to the Catholique Faith by the reformed Carmelites who remaine in the Mission of PERSIA with the King of Persia in his Citty of Haspahan And of the increase of the Christian Faith in those parts Gathered out of the Letters which the Fathers labouring in the said Mission haue written vnto their Generall which Letters are printed in the Italian and French and are now translated into English for the good of the Church Teach yee all Nations Baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Math. 28. 19. DOWAY Printed with permission of Superiours 1623. IN my former Letters I made relation to your Reuerence not onely of the state of this our Mission into Persia and the bordering Kingdomes where by the goodnesse of Almighty God wee haue labourers who diligently trauell in the Vineyard of our Lord but also I haue further signified vnto you the fruit and increase which dayly proceedeth from our labours sometimes by Preaching Teaching and baptizing Mahometans whose conuersion is most hard Other sometimes by reducing the poore deceiued soules of the Armenians Nestorians Iacobites and other such like vnto the Faith of Christ which are heere in great number and haue little of Christianity more then the Name amongst whom wee doe much good and gather great plenty of fruit into the storehouse of our Lord which is the greatest comfort wee inioy in these Desarts of Infidelity This onely heretofore hath beene a discomfort vnto vs that this our Mission on our behalfes hath gone on too fauourably and hath not beene accompanied with tortures torments Imprisonments and effusion of our Blood for the Gospell of Christ which we professe and desire to plant in these partes as we reade of in other Missions and are necessary for vs to suffer aswell for the testimony of the Truth as for the edification of others and incouraging them to bee constant in the Faith which hitherto God hath not bestowed vpon vs though we often desire it at his hands for confirmation of his Truth True it is that heretofore there hath not beene wanting nor yet at this present there is wanting occasions and opportunities to merit and to offer something to our Lord yet generally the King heere though a Mahometan hath heretofore alwayes shewed towards vs so great signes of affection and loue that for our sakes he hath not molested any Christian vnder the name and title of a Christian But if at any time hee hath constrained some of the Armenians to deny their Faith he hath done it vnder colour that they haue otherwise displeased him or for that they had not wherewithall to pay him that which they ought or vnder some other pretext vntill now of late within these few dayes it hath pleased his Diuine Maiesty in part to heare our Prayers and to comfort his Children by giuing them a taste of the sweetnesse which those inioy who shed their blood and yeeld their liues for his loue though it hath not beene fully accomplished in vs yet so it is that he hath giuen vs a little taste to strengthen our hopes that hereafter it may be fully accomplished in vs for not many dayes agoe he hath blessed this Mission with the happy Death of fiue Martyrs and watered it with their Blood so that now wee hope that it will yeeld a most plentifull haruest to the great content of all our Congregation but especially to your Reuerence who hath beene so great a fauourer of it Amongst other Persians which in these last Monthes we haue Baptized heere at Haspahan there were fiue that is to say Elia Chassadir his Cozen Alexander Ioseph and Hebrani Elia hath serued vs sometimes in our house and was the Husband of that Theresa of which I made mention in my former Letters who was likewise Baptized by our Fathers and after Baptisme God gaue her so great Zeale that like an Apostolike Woman shee preached and published the Name of Iesus Christ in all places and trauailing into her Countrey which is a Prouince of the Ringdome of Sciras subiect to the King of Persia she conuerted diuers and with the rest the aforesaid Chassadir and in those partes enkindled in them such a desire of Christianity as that the Gouernour of that Prouince sent diuers times and lastly his owne proper Sonne to our Fathers in Haspahan earnestly intreating them to send two Fathers vnto them to the intent to teach them the Faith of Iesus Christ which at that time could not be executed because the King of Persia was then incensed against the Portugals preparing to wage war against them in Ormus being an Island of the King of Spaines in the East Indies somewhat further distant from the firme land then his other Kingdomes are as accordingly he shortly afterward performed These foresaid fiue Christians being Baptized at seuerall times and instructed for some weekes in the mysteries of the holy faith departed to make their aboade in their owne houses But we perceiuing the Kings indignation to increase against the Francans Francks in Persia are called the Christians that follow the custome of the Latines to distinguish them from the Greekes Armenians and others thought it more safe for them to retire themselues to Ormus thereby both to secure themselues from the Kings fury and the better also to confirme them in the holy faith To this effect Father Iohn of St. Eliseus who hath bin long times Vicar generall of the reformed Carmelits in these Countries wrote vnto our Fathers who resided there and to a Captaine of Ormus that they would entertaine them and prouide for them there vntill the Kings indignation was ouer-passed Hee sent his Letters by Elia as by one who best knew the wayes and the practise of the Country and in whom he put the more confidence for that he had serued in our house Elia trauailed onwards with great alacrity although hee fore-saw the great perill whereunto he was exposed for at that time the Country was all in Armes and Ormus was besieged by the Persians But the ardent desire which this seruant of God had to endure any thing whatsoeuer for his sake made him set light by al dangers and thence-forth chusing only for his Cōpanion in the iourney his aforesaid Cousin Cassadir he went cheerefully forward vntill that in his way he was discouered by an English-man whereof some are resident in Persia to trafficke with the King for Silke which they finde there and brought to be accused before the Chan that is to say the Duke that gouerned the said Kingdome of Sciras in the name of the King of Persia as his Vice-roy who was going to the siege of Ormus who presently shut him vp in prison and searching him found the Letters which after he had perused he caused him to be racked and asked him what he was Elia answered that he was a Francke whereupon the Chan or Duke commaunded him that