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III. That he should fubfcribe the Confeffion of Faith, which he fent to him from Goa, when he made him Governour of the Bishoprick.

IV. That he should deliver all the Books of the Diocefs to be amended or burnt according as they deferved.

V. That he should fwear Obedience to the Pope, as St. Peter's Succeffor, and Christ's Vicar upon Earth, and the Supream Head of all Christians, and of all Bishops, Arch-Bishops, Primates and Patriarchs in the World, fo that none can be faved out of his obedience.

VI. That he should curfe the Patriarch of Babylon, as a Neftorian Heretick and Schifmatick, and fwear never to obey him any more in any matter, nor to have any further Commerce or Communica tion with him by Letters or otherwise.

VII. That he should swear never to receive any Bishop or Prelate in the Serra, but what should be Sent thither by the Pope, and to obey whomsoever be fent.

VIII. That he should swear to acknowledge and obey him for his true Prelate, as being made fo by the Pope.

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IX. That he should pass Olas or Provisions for the Affembling of a Diocefan Synod, to treat of all fuch matters, as the Arch-Bishop Should think fit, and Swear to be prefent at it himself.

X. That he should accompany the Arch-Bishop peaceably, wherefoever he went, without any thing of Guards, and should go along with him in his Galley to all the Churches he had a mind to visit.

Thefe Articles being made and figned by the Arch-Bishop, he delivered them to the Caçanar, together with a Letter, wherein he bid the ArchDeacon, if he was not fully refolved to fubfcribe them, allowing him but twenty days to do it in, not to appear before him; and being willing to fecure himself of the fidelity of the Bearer, he obliged him, before he dismiss'd him, to fwear obedience to the Roman Church, making him fwear alfo to return, and never to have any thing more to do with the ArchDeacon, in cafe he refused to fign the Articles.

Having difmiffed this Meffenger, the ArchBishop returned to Cochim, where his main bufiness was to get the Governour of the place to joyn with him, to prefs the King of Cochim to affift him cordially in his defign of uniting the Church of St. Thomas to that of Rome; and while he was fatisfying the Governour of

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what Importance fuch an Union would be to the Portugueze Interest in the Indies, which was what he himself had all along as much in his Eye, as the Governour could have for his Heart: The King having heard of his being in Town, came very opportunely to pay him a vifit, in which, before they parted, the King renewed his mife to him of commanding all his Christian Subjects to obey him in all things; with which promise the Arch-Bishop returned well fatisfied to Cranganor, in order to fettle the Affair of the Synod.

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The day after his arrival there, he had Letters brought him by a Patamar, or Currier, from the King of Samorim, advising him of the King of Cochim's having begun a War upon the Caimal or Prince of Corugeira his Allie, to which if a stop were not put fuddenly, it would neceffarily oblige him to withdraw his Army from before Cunable, which was what the King of Cochim aimed at. So foon as the Arch-Bishop had read thefe Letters, he dispatched a Currier away immediately after the King of Cochim, who was already on his March, defiring him not to make a War upon the Caimal till after Cunable was taken, fince it could not be done without diverting the Samorim from the Siege of Cunable, who was then before it, expecting the return of the Portugueze Armada, which would be with him in the beginning of the Spring, he writ alfo to the Governour of Cochim, and the Commiflioners of the Treasury to come to him;

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him; whom, after fome difcourfe about the bufinefs, he ordered to go after the King of Cochim, and to stop him in his March.

Before the Arch-Bishop left Cranganor, he recei ved a Letter from the Arch-Deacon, wherein he wrote to him, That, tho' he was ready to fubfcribe all the Articles he had fent him, yet that it was not poffible for him to wait upon His Grace in fo fhort a time as he had fixed.

The Arch-Bishop understanding that the King of Mangate, in whofe Country the Arch-Deacon was at that time, was very much against his fubmitting to him, fent a Servant of his own with a fplendid Retinue to him, to let him know, That, if he should offer to hinder the ArchDeacon from coming to him, the King of Portugal fhould know of it, who was refolved to revenge all the wrongs that were done to him in the Serra to the utmost of his Power. The King, who had too great a dependance on the Portuguezes, to provoke one of the Arch-Bifhop's Character and Spirit, fent him word, That the Arch-Deacon might wait upon him when he pleafed for all him, and that he never had any thoughts of hindring him. For all that, the Arch-Deacon did not come, having in truth no Stomach to the morfel the Arch-Bishop had prepared for him. Whereupon the Arch-Bishop fent a couple of Jefuites to him, to let him know, That that was his last admonition, and that if he did not come to him in eight days

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he would infallibly depofe him and put another in his place.

The Governour and Commiffioners having prevailed with the King of Cochim to defift from the War; the King, in his return home, refolved to take Cranganor in his way. The Arch-Bishop having received advice that he was ready to Land, was civiler to him than he had been formerly, and went to the Caiz of the Caftle to meet him, and after fome Complements had paffed on both fides, they went together to an Hermitage that was not far off. Where they

difcourfed alone for a confiderable time; after which the King called in his chief Regedor, and feveral of his Nobles, and the Arch-Bishop, the Captain of the Castle, and fome of his own Servants. Before whom the Arch-Bishop thanked His Highness for having defifted from the War of Corngeira, promifing him thanks also from the King of Portugal for it, but told him withal, That this must not hinder him from acquainting His Highness with his being much diffatisfied at his having ufed him so as he had done.

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King defired His Lordship to tell for what he was difpleafed, there being nothing that he was fo defirous of, as to satisfie him in all things. The Arch-Bifhop told him with a frowning Countenance, That when his Brother in Arms, the King of Portugal, fent him into the Serra, he expected he should have been defended there by His Highness, and not only fo but that he would have affifted him to the utmost in the Pions defign be F 2

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