[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) › 354.4.3 # Storia do Mogor 354.4.3 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 354.4.3 - **Language:** English ### [354.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.4.3) What I have observed and learned about the Jesuits is that, when unable to find out by public channels all that is done in private houses and in the city council, they endeavour to learn it by private means and through the medium of the confessional. They make the penitent understand that to observe silence or not to reply to their interrogations will trouble his conscience—a maxim, as it seems to me, the principal end of which is to secure knowledge of everything that is discussed in public and private gatherings. Above all \[118\], however, they make use of women, knowing thoroughly well that they are unable to keep anything a secret. By these means they govern the world and courts, as we see them do in Europe. But these arts are of no use to them among Mahomedans; with them they are somewhat more politic. The Jesuits know what Mahomedans are, and therefore behave with moderation; nevertheless, when they find a little opening, they endeavour to draw to themselves as much as ever they can. Experience shows this to be true, and I will relate a case in confirmation of this dictum. - [Previous: 354.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.4.2) - [Next: 354.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.4.4) - [Up: 354.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.4.3) · Pramāṇa