Storia do Mogor 356.3.6

356.3.6

Nor do they overlook the needs of the poor mendicants, of whom there is in this city a plentiful supply. They help the travellers of many nations, and on every holy day and Sunday console Christian souls by their virtuous preaching. This is the manner in which they have acted, and for this they are persecuted instead of being praised and rewarded. The truth of these things can be discovered by a brief relation that I shall give of what has lately happened, and let it serve as a stimulus to those whose business it is to see these grave disorders remedied, for the consolation of the newly-converted Christians, and of those others who might wish to embrace our holy faith. For I am a good witness to the fact that, owing to these persecutions, a very large number of those once eager to become Christians have changed their minds. [Note by Senhor Cardeira. — 'Here follows the relation of the persecution in the French language.' Folio 208 is blank.]