discovered to be St. Francis; but tho' the Hiftorian has not been pleased to tell us how it came to be known certainly, he tells us it was an Action very proper for St. Francis, who was the lively Image of Chrift, to appear thus and confound the Enemies of Chriftianity, by faying, It is I. Now, if this Story did not rebuild the Capuchins ruined Church, the Portuguezes were not so grateful as they use to be in fuch cases. But this was nothing to what their own St, Anthony did for them five or fix Years afterwards in a Land Battle, wherein he was feen by feveral, where the greatest fury of the Battle was, Mowing down whole Squadrons of the Enemy, and at the fame time extinguishing the Fire of the Enemies Artillery with the Sleeve of his Sacred Habit. There were feveral Portuguezes, its true, fell in this Fight, but they must have been killed by fomething else than Fire-Arms, or at least than Cannon.

In the Year 1584. there came a famous Amazon to Goa, who had been drove out of her Country by the Hidalcaon; her name was Abehi; she had Fought in feveral Battles to admiration; and tho' when she came to Goa, he was 62 years of Age, fhe is reported to have had a great deal of Wit, and the ruines of an exquifite Beauty; The pretended to have bufinefs of great moment to communicate to the Viceroy, but the Inquifition, no body knew why, put a stop to the Ñegotiation; which, after having kept her Prifoner for fome time, banished her to Ormus,

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Predeceffors had ever done. The first he applied himself to was Jacob, whom Mar Simeon had left his Vicar General, to whom he writ a long Letter, paffionately entreating him to throw away the Commiffion he had from Mar Simeon, who was Convicted at Rome of not being in Holy Orders, and to fubmit himself to the Papal Authority; making him large Promises of what he would do for him, if he complied with his defires. But Jacob, who died presently after, was deaf to all the Arch-Bishop could fay to him, making it his whole business to enflame his Flock against the Latins, and their Doctrines.

The Arch-Bishop did not neglect at the fame time to write earnestly to Mar Abraham, as also to the Arch-Deacon, who is the only Dignitary in that Church under the Bishop, and who is employed by him as his Vicar General, calling upon them to purge their Diocess of the Errors wherewith it had been fo long infected, and to reduce it to the Roman Obedience.

St. Francis, about this time, destroyed a whole Fleet of fores to the Portugueze, who, tho' he was not seen by any of the Portuguezes in the Fight, which was very bloody on both fides, yet a Cook who belonged to a Capuchin Convent not far off, having hid himself in the Ruines of their Church, faw a Friar in his own Habit Board the Fleet of fores, one after another, whom he fo terrified with his very look, as to put them all to flight immediately, and pursued them out of fight: This formidable Friar was afterwards

difcovered to be St. Francis; but tho' the Hiftorian has not been pleased to tell us how it came to be known certainly, he tells us it was an Action very proper for St. Francis, who was the lively Image of Chrift, to appear thus and confound the Enemies of Christianity, by faying, It is I. Now, if this Story did not rebuild the Capuchins ruined Church, the Portuguezes were not so grateful as they use to be in fuch cafes. But this was nothing to what their own St, Anthony did for them five or fix Years afterwards in a Land Battle, wherein he was feen by feveral, where the greatest fury of the Battle was, Mowing down whole Squadrons of the Enemy, and at the fame time extinguishing the Fire of the Enemies Artillery with the Sleeve of his Sacred Habit. There were feveral Portuguezes, its true, fell in this Fight, but they must have been killed by fomething else than Fire-Arms, or at least than Cannon.

In the Year 1584. there came a famous Amazon to Goa, who had been drove out of her Country by the Hidalcaon; her name was Abehi; The had Fought in feveral Battles to admiration; and tho' when she came to Goa, she was 62 years of Age, fhe is reported to have had a great deal of Wit, and the ruines of an exquifite Beauty; The pretended to have business of great moment to communicate to the Viceroy, but the Inqui fition, no body knew why, put a stop to the Negotiation; which, after having kept her Prifoner for fome time, banished her to Ormus,

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from whence having made her escape, she went to the Great Mogul's Court.

In the Year 1593. the Bull of Cruzada was first brought into the Indies by Francifco Faria, a Dominican Friar; and indeed confidering how great a Revenue that Bull is to the Pope in Spain and Portugal, it is very much that it did not find its way into the Indies fooner.

When the Arch-Bishop was vifiting the City of Damaon, he received Letters of the 16th. of Feb. 1597. from the Viceroy Matthias Dalbuquer que, advifing him of the Death of Mar Ábraham. On the fame day he received this news, he in obedience to the Pope's Brief, constituted Francifco Roz, a Jefuite, and who was afterwards made Bishop of the Serra, Governour and VicarApoftolical of the faid Diocess.

The May following the Arch-Bishop being returned to Goa, a Confultation was held about the Affairs of the Church of the Serra, where it was unanimoufly agreed; that notwithstanding the Pope in his Brief had commanded none to be made Governour or Vicar Apoftolical of the Diocefs, but what was of the Roman Communion, it was convenient to nominate the prefent Arch-Deacon to it, which they did, joining Francifco Roz, and the Rector of the JefuitesCollege of Vaipicotta, in Commiffion with him. But it being required of the Arch-Deacon, that he fhou'd fubfcribe the Profeffion of Faith made by Pius IV. before he had his Patent he declined doing it, pretending he was not fatisfied

with having two joyned with him in Commiffion.

The Arch-Bishop, tho' he was fenfible that it was the Subscription that stuck with him chiefly, thought fit to diffemble, so far as to feem to believe him, and by a new Patent constituted him the fole Governour of the Bishoprick.

The Arch-Deacon accepted of this Patent, but at the fame time declared, That it gave him no Authority but what he had before; but when he was called upon to Subfcribe the forementioned Profeffion of Faith, he defired four Months to confider of it, hoping by that time a Bishop might be fent them by the Patriarch of Babylon, when the four Months were expired. Being urged a fresh to Subscribe, he told them flatly, that he would never do it, nor submit to the Roman Church, which he was fure had nothing to do with the Apoftolical Church of St. Thomas, no more than that of St. Thomas had to do with the Roman. And not being fatisfied with having made this Declaration as to himself, he furthermore affembled a Synod of most of the Priests, and most substantial Christians at Angamale, the Metropolis of the Diocefs, where they all swore to stand by their Arch-Deacon, in the defence of the ancient Faith they and their Fore-fathers had been bred up in, fo as not to fuffer, the least alteration to be made therein, nor ever to admit of any Bishop, but what should be fent them by the Patriarch of Babylon; of all which they made a publick Inftrument, and having Sworn to main