Storia do Mogor 298.3

298.3

On January 15, 1650, the worthy father arrived in the roadstead of Goa; he was at once landed and taken to the house of the Inquisition. He reached it as the sun was setting. First of all he was taken into the gatekeeper's room; his hood was removed and his waist-cord. They also wanted to take off his gown, but he noticed there was present a child of twelve, and he could not suppress the remark : 'Is it possible that you wish to strip me before this child ?' This forced them to send the child away. Then the priest, who wrote down his name and the day of his being locked up, said it was not necessary to take off his clothes; they need only take away his crucifix, his breviary, and some papers wrapped in a covering that he had with him. This was done accordingly, and then he was taken inside the prison. It is built like a cloister with two stories; each gallery is about fifty paces in length. The father measured it many a time going from his cell to the table of judgment. The room that he was first put into was very dark. On the Sunday he asked for his breviary, to which they replied that he was not in his convent, that he must have first the permission of the Archbishop. However, at two in the afternoon it was brought to him.