The Commentary of Father Monserrate 2.2.6

2.2.6

On the next day the travellers set out from this place, whereupon two of the Fathers and the rest of the Christians fell into no small danger. One of the priests was being carried in a litter, as he was ill. His bearers, eager to get rid of their burden, had gone on at a rapid pace far ahead of the rest of the company. The governor of Surat met them, surrounded by a band of guards. The priest saluted the governor, who asked him what party was coming behind. Meanwhile the governor's followers went on ahead, and perceiving the foreign appearance of the rest of the company fell upon them savagely, with intent to kill them all, shouting 'Franks, Franks.' However the governor and the ambassador whipped up their horses, reached the spot from opposite directions, and by the mercy of God succeeded in quelling the riot before a single Musalman had been slain by the Portuguese. If one had so perished, we should all have been killed. The two Fathers who had been in such danger thought that the one who had gone on ahead must certainly have been killed. When they caught him up they embraced him as though he had been restored to them from heaven.