[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) › 344.2.5 # Storia do Mogor 344.2.5 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 344.2.5 - **Language:** English ### [344.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.344.2.5) Nor would she have so easily obtained her liberation therefrom had not at that time occurred the death of her husband. The director, Monsieur Deslandres, interceded for and obtained her release. Although she gained her liberty, she was not allowed to inherit from her husband; she could not even recover her own dowry out of the hands of the Jesuits. The poor young woman, deprived of all means of livelihood, was forced to beg her food from door to door. Finally, forced by such distress, she married an Englishman, a Protestant, in order to live with more decorum. They took up their abode in Madras. While I was living in Goa there happened a similar case. There was a pilot of Portuguese nationality called Salvador Bexiga. Finding himself already advanced in years, and in possession of a considerable amount, he gave up his calling and retired to the house of a married friend, Manoel Pereira, living at the Arch of the Conception. As the Jesuits knew that the man was rather well off, they went to visit him very frequently, and kept up \[13\] a friendship with him. - [Previous: 344.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.344.2.4) - [Next: 344.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.344.2.6) - [Up: 344.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.344.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.344.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.344.2.5) · Pramāṇa