[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Storia do Mogor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci) › [Storia do Mogor (Irvine)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine) › 338.2.7 # Storia do Mogor 338.2.7 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 338.2.7 - **Language:** English ### [338.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.338.2.7) We have the theatre ready, or, to speak with more propriety, the amphitheatre; let us next see how the bulls fight. Now, without any mercy the Abate began to contend with the unhappy Capuchins over the money of the deceased Dominican, as I have said. He asserted that they were under obligation to make over to him the five thousand pagodas of the defunct. At that time he was carrying out a visitation in Madras under his authority as Commissary of the Lord Patriach of Antioch. He declared the money to belong entirely to the Holy Apostolic See. To this the Capuchins replied that the money was no longer in their power, but in that of the Armenians; but they would make every effort to collect it, and when received, they would make it over with great pleasure. Who could have supposed that the Abate would not be satisfied with this reply, and that all the other matters would not be set at rest? But of a certainty it did not happen thus. How can I describe the disagreeables, report the molestations, and set forth the worries that arose from this money, and how the miserable Capuchins suffered for a space of two months and more? If I began I should never get to the end; suffice it to say here as follows \[167\]: - [Previous: 338.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.338.2.6) - [Next: 338.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.338.2.8) - [Up: 338.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.338.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.338.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.338.2.7) · Pramāṇa