Storia do Mogor 353.1.2

353.1.2

There were, however, four thousand patacas in possession of another Armenian trader, a renegade called Coja Ovan (Khwãjah Ovan), who lived [70] in Madras. The Reverend Father Michel Ange, Vicar of Madras, went and demanded that money from the above Armenian on behalf of the Abate di San Giorgio, whose command was that the money be deposited with him in the space of twenty-four hours. To this demand the renegade replied that he could not do the contrary of what was laid down in the will. He fled from Madras and took up his abode in San Thome, as he owed money to various merchants. The Abate di San Giorgio was then living in San Thome in the house of a French merchant called Monsieur Gueti. This gentleman did his utmost to make the said Abate understand things, so that he might not throw the Christian community into confusion. All was, however, fruitless. Never would he be content to desist ; he was too eager for the money of the deceased friar. This I assert by the tokens thereof he gave in San Thome.