Storia do Mogor 338.10.6

338.10.6

As for the requisition in which they claim the return of this remainder of things to the confraternity of San Thome, on the pretext that it was founded in that place, there is no reason by which it can prevail against us. We are ourselves the ancient confraternity, as proved by the petition, together with the order thereon of the Vicar-General of Goa, and the patent from the Most Reverend Father the Master of the Order of Preachers at Rome, as we said above. Although the said claimants cannot sue us under the pretext of place — for in this respect there is wanting to them now all the chief circumstances of then — we make no attempt to dispute on that head (since, for the security of our confraternity the papers we possess are sufficient), and we beg to be excused from entering into it. Here we will solely point out a few details, from which your Excellency can obtain evidence of the small reason with which they are perturbing and molesting us.