Storia do Mogor 265.21.8

265.21.8

Nor must I neglect to mention a kind of mango that a Portuguese had in his house in the town of Goa; those mangoes were the best and the finest of those I have named. Through the fame of their having a flavour different from others, it came to pass that the Lord Inquisitor heard of this delicious fruit, and being desirous of tasting it, he sent a message to the Portuguese requesting him to send some. The servant boy of the Portuguese informed his master that a message had come from the Lord Inquisitor. On hearing this the owner was terrified and grew pale. Still, he managed to get to the door to hear the message. The messenger told him the Lord Inquisitor had heard that in the gentleman's garden was a tree producing a kind of mango most excellent, of which he would like to have a few, and therefore, the messenger added, he had come to ask for them. The Portuguese, on hearing this speech, came to himself and took heart, for he now knew that the messenger had not come to carry him off. Quite pleased, he pulled all the fruit from the tree and sent it off to the Lord Inquisitor with the greatest willingness. When the messenger had departed he set to work at once and uprooted the tree, for fear that another time a similar message should reach him. It had caused him great fear and tremor, for the Holy Office of the Inquisition requires to be held in great respect.