Storia do Mogor 354.4.4

354.4.4

In Bengal there was a Portuguese married man, who placed full reliance on Jesuit hypocrisies. The man drew up his will, the terms of it being that he bequeathed all his goods to the said fathers for the benefit of the Madura mission. The estate consisted of three thousand rupees in ready-money, besides all the other property he owned. The moment he was dead the Jesuits took possession of everything, leaving the wife and three marriageable daughters without a penny. Thus at this time they are houseless wanderers, through not having the means to get married. I might recount many such cases, but I [119] pass them over, believing that to the cautious reader this one instance can serve as his guide, if he will only reflect on it. In the month of March, 1706, the Shivã Jis [i.e., the Mahrattahs] came again to plunder the suburbs of Surat and all the surrounding country. Among other places they sacked a large town called Gandoui (Gandevi), lying half-way between Surat and Daman ; it was a place of considerable wealth, owing to many traders living there.