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A28873	The life of St. Francis Xavier, of the Society of Jesus, apostle of the Indies, and of Japan written in French by Father Dominick Bohours, of the same Society ; translated into English by Mr. Dryden.; Vie de Saint François Xavier de la Campagnie de Jesus, apostre des Indes et du Japon. English	Bouhours, Dominique, 1628-1702.; Dryden, John, 1631-1700.	1688 (1688)	Wing B3825; ESTC R15455	341,142	791

for having neglected th● means of his Salvation He protested afterwards as Xavier himself relates in one of his Letters That in that dreadful moment the remorse of his Conscience and the senc● of Gods Judgments on Souls unfaithf●● to their Vocation were more terrible 〈◊〉 him than the horrours even of Death 〈◊〉 self He spoke of Eternal Punishment● with expressions so lively and so strong as if he had already felt them and was return'd from Hell. He frequently said as the Saint has assur'd us that by a just Judgment of Eternal God those who during their Life made no preparations for their Death had not the leisure to think on God when Death surpris'd them The Ambassadour and all his People doubted not but the safty of this Gentleman was to be ascrib'd to the Merits of ●he Saint But Xavier himself believ'd it ●o be the pure effect of the Embassadours Devotion for thus he writes to Father Ignatius concerning it Our Lord was pleas'd to give ●ar to the fervent Prayers ●f his Servant Mascaregnas which he ●ade with Tears in his Eyes for the deli●erance of the poor Creature whom we look'd ●pon as lost and who was taken from the ●aws of Death by a most evident Miracle In passing over the Alpes the Embas●●dour's Secretary alighting to walk in a ●ifficult way which he cou'd not well ●bserve by reason of the Snows his ●oot happen'd to slip on a sharp descent ●nd he roll'd down into a Precipice he had tumbled to the very bottom if in falling his Cloaths had not taken hold ●n one of the Crags of the Rock where he remain'd hanging over the depths without ability either to disingage himself or get up again Those who follow'd made towards him but the horrour of that Abyss stopt short the most daring Xavier only made not the least demur he descended the Precipice and lending his Hand to the Secretary by little and little dragg'd him up Being gotten out of France and having pass'd the Pyreneans on the side of Navarre when they were now approaching Pampeluna Mascaregnas bethought himself that Father Francis for by that name Xavier was usually call'd had not spoken one word of going to the Castle of Xavier which was but little distant from their Rode He remember'd him of it and was even so importunate with him as to say That since he was about to leave Europe and perhaps never more to see it he cou'd not in decency dispence with giving a visit to his Family and taking his last leave of his Mother who was yet living But all the Arguments of Mascaregnas wrought no effect upon a Man who having forsaken all things for the love of God was of Opinion that he had nothing remaining in this World and who also was perswaded that Flesh and Bloo● are Enemies to the Apostolical Spirit He turn'd not out of the Rode but only said to the Embassadour That he deferr'd the sight of his Relations till he shou'd visit them in Heaven that this transient view wou'd be accompany'd but with Melancholy and Sadness the common products of a last farewel but in Heaven he shou'd eternally behold them with pleasure and without the least allay of ●orrow Mascaregnas had already a high Idea of Xavier's Vertue but this wonderful disingagement from the World yet more increas'd the esteem which he had of him insomuch that before they reach'd Portugal he sent an Express to King Iohn the Third with no other errand than to inform of the Holiness of this second Missioner to the Indies They arriv'd at Lisbonne towards the end of Iune And Xavier retir'd to the Hospital of All Saints where Rodriguez who came by Sea had taken up his ●odging He found him much weaken'd ●ith a Quartan Ague which had not left ●im and embrac'd him just at the moment when his ●it was coming on him But whether it were that the extream joy which Rodriguez found so unexpectedly to see him dissipated the Humour which caus'd his Disease or that the Embraces of Xavier had from that time an healing Vertue certain it is that the ●it came not and from thence forward the Sick-man entirely recover'd of that Distemper Three or four days after they were both call'd to Court. The King and Queen who were in company together receiv'd Xavier as a Saint on the report of Mascaregnas and entertain'd him with all imaginable shews of kindness They ask'd them diverse Questions concerning their way of living by what accident their new Society came to be form'd and what was the ground and ultimate design of it and at last desir'd to be inform'd by them from whence proceeded that strange Persecution which was rais'd in Rome against their Body which had made so great a noise over all Europe Xavier made answer to all these demands in few words but so very pertinently as much satisfy'd both their Majesties They gave great approbation as himself relates in his Letter from Lisbonne to Ignatius to what we said concerning the Discipline of our Houses the Quality of our Ministry and the Spirit and Mode● of our Foundation In the midst of the Conversation the King sent for the Prince of Portugal his Son Don Iuan and the Infanta Maria his Daughter that the two Missioners might see them And from thence his Majesty took occasion of relating to them how many Children he had still living and how many he had lost which turn'd the Discourse on the Education of Youth and before the Fathers were dismiss'd the King recommended to their care an hundred young Gentlemen who were bred at Court. Though an Officer of the Palace had orders to prepare an handsome Lodging with good Accommodation for Xavier and Rodriguez they return'd to their Hospital and there continu'd They wou'd not so much as receive their Entertainment of Diet which was assign'd them from Court but went the round of the City begging Alms at their appoin●ed hours and liv'd in Poverty accord●ng to the manner of Life which they ●ad prescrib'd themselves The Fleet not being to set Sail till ●he next Spring and these Apostolical ●ersons not knowing what it was to live ●n idleness Xavier was not satisfy'd onely to instruct those young Gentlmen in Piety whom the King had committed to his charge He gave himself an Employment and did at Lisbonne what he had done at Venice Bolognia and Rome for the space of two years and more But besides that he assisted the sick in the Hospital day and night visited the Prisoners every day and catechis'd the Children many times in the week he often discours'd with the principal persons of the Court and ingag'd them in the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius At first he preach'd not in the Churches judging that the Ministries of the Gospel ought to begin with less publick Actions and went not into the Pulpit without being first requested by the King who one day sending for him to the Palace acquainted him with the desire he

to favour his passage he had the good fortune to arrive safely at the Town The Bishop and the Viceroy conducted him to the Cathedral amidst the acclamations of the People and at the ●oot of the Altar he made a publick profession of his Faith with such expressions of true devotion as melted the Assistants into tears The other Prince whose Conversion gave so much joy to Father Xavier was the King of Trichenamalo who is one of the Soveraigns of Ceylan This King while he was yet an Infant was set upon the Throne and afterwards dispossest by an Usurper when he was but eight years old The Tyrant not content to have taken the Crown from him wou'd also have murther'd him but was prevented by a Prince of the Blood Royal who carri'd him out of his reach being accompany'd by forty Lords of the loyal Party and sought sanctuary for him on the Coasts of Fishery The Paravas receiv'd him with all the charitable compassion which was due to his illustrious Birth to the tenderness of his years and to his misfortunes They also promis'd his attendants to serve him what was in their power But at the same time advis'd them to procure him a more durable and more glorious Crown and withal inform'd them of what they had been taught concerning the adoption of the Sons of God the Kingdom of Heaven and inheritance of the Saints Whether those considerations prevail'd upon the Prince of the blood Royal or that the Spir●● of God wrought powerfully on his heart 〈…〉 to what the Paravas desir'd 〈◊〉 put himself into the hands of Father Henriquez to be instructed The rest of the Lords follow'd his example and were all Baptis'd together with the King who seem'd at his Baptism to have an understanding much above his years The Rulers of the Christians on the Fishing Coast having afterwards made up an Army supply'd with what Ammunitions of War and other Provisions which the Country cou'd furnish pass'd over into the Isle of Ceylan under the conduct of the Prince and the forty Lords but the Usurper was so well establish'd in his possession that the Paravas were forc'd to retire with speed into their own Country As for the young King he was brought to Goa and the Portugueses who took the conduct of him into their hands put him into the Colledge of St. Paul where he was vertuously educated by the Fathers of the Society Xavier prais'd Almighty God to see the great Men of the Earth subjected to the Empire of Iesus Christ by the Ministry of the Children of Ignatius and rejoic'd with his Brethren so much the more because the Bishop of Goa Don Iuan de Albuquerque was so well satisfy'd of their conduct This wise and holy Prelate communicated to the Father a Letter which he had written on that Subject during his absence to the General of the Society The Letter was in Portuguese dated from Cochin Nov. 28. in the year 1550. And is thus translated into our Language The great performances of your Children and Subjects in all the Dominions of the East the holiness of their lives the purity of their Doctrine their Zeal in labouring the reformation of the Portugueses by the Ministry of Gods word and the Sacrament of Penance their un●eary'd Travels through all the Kingdoms of India for the conversion of Idolaters and Moors their continual application to study the Tongues of this new World and to teach the Mysteries of Faith and principally at the Cape of Comorin all this obliges me to write to your Reverence and to give testimony of what I have beheld with my own Eyes Indeed the Fathers of your Society are admirable labourers in our Lords Vineyard and are so faithfully subservient to the Bishops that their endeavours for the good of those Souls with which I am intrusted give me hope of remaining the fewer years in Purgatory I dare not undertake the relation of all their particular Actions and if I durst adventure it want time for the performance of it I will only tell you that they are here like Torches lighted up to dissipate the thick darkness wherein these barbarous people were benighted and that already by their means many Nations of Infidels believe one God in three persons For what remains I freely grant them all they require of me for the good of Souls Every one of them partakes with me in my Power and Authority without appropriating any of it to my self and I look upon my self as one of the Members of that holy Body though my life arises not to their perfection In one word I love them all in Jesus Christ with a fervent and sincere Charity The rest of the Letter is nothing appertaining to our purpose and therefore is omitted The man of God receiv'd intelligence at the same time that the Ministers of Portugal at Goa had sent word to Lisbonne of the great progress which the Society had made and that in particular the new Viceroy Don Antonio de Norogna had written That the Indies were infinitely satisfy'd with the Iesuites that none cou'd look on the good effects of their labours without blessing the name of God for them and that their Lives were correspondent to their Calling The Saint also was inform'd that the King of Portugal had sent word of all these proceedings to the Pope especially the conversion of the King of Tanor and the Martyrdom of Father Antonio Criminal That he had communicated to his Holiness his intentions of founding many Colledges for the Society to the end the East might be fill'd with Apostolical Labourers and that in the mean time he had ordain'd that all the Seminaries establish'd in the Indies for the education of youth shou'd be put into the hands of the Society in case it was not already done Lastly it was told to Father Xavier that the Viceroy of the Indies and the Captains of the Fortresses had Orders from King Iohn the Third to defray the charges of the Missioners in all their Voyages and that this most religious Prince had discharg'd his Conscience of the care of Souls by imposing it on the Society obliging the Fathers in his stead to provide for the instruction of the In●idels according to the ancient agreement which had been made with the holy See when the Conquests of the East were granted to the Crown of Portugal Amidst so many occasions of joy and satisfaction the ill conduct of Antonio Gomez gave Xavier an exceeding cause of grief Before his Voyage to Iapan he had constituted him Rectour of the Colled of St. Paul according to the intention or rather by the order of Father Simon Rodriguez who had sent him to the Indies three years after his Noviciat and who in relation to these Missions had an absolute authority as being Provincial of Portugal on which the Indies have their dependance Gomez was Master of many eminent qualities which rarely meet in the same person He was not only a