Storia do Mogor 333.3

333.3

In another account of the murder in Original Correspondence, No. 1792, the name of the murdered soldier is given as James Jaques, and it is also stated that the naique [the native ruler of the country] sent a large body of soldiers into the town, and insisted on the summary execution of the murderer. Father Ephraim, having been appointed chaplain on June 8, 1642, must have been in Fort St. George in August of that year.] If on this occasion and on others the father had not been living at Madras, the English would have broken with us. Indeed, this happened once when he was away. It was the occasion when the general Dom Louis de Mello carried away a ship from their port, and took possession thereof against all reason and justice. For the viceroy caused it afterwards to be restored, and removed the general from his appointment at San Thome. The father found a remedy for all these differences, and by his prudence moderated the passions on both sides. To this he was impelled by his zeal for public peace and welfare, and in this he rendered great service to God, to the king, and to the Portuguese of Mailapur.