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not to fail to bring with him a fine picture of Our Lord, and as a Portuguese 
painter had come with us, he at once desired a copy to be painted: of a 
picture of the Blessed Virgin which we had with us. So also when he came 
with his Royal Father to our Chapel, and saw there the child Jesus and a 
Crucifix, he immediately wished to have similar images made of ivory by 
his own workmen. This prince is about 30 years old! and shows great 
affection for us and easily obtains for us whatever we ask for from the 
Emperor. On the first day on which we addressed him, he promised us all 
that was necessary for the erection of a church and arranged with the 
Emperor to mark out a site for its construction. When the rainy season 
commenced, we ventured to remind him on the subject, and he reiterated his 
promise, adding that he would arrange with his father te appoint men at 
once to see to the business. The Emperor gave us leave to bring together 
as many as might so wish to the Church of Christ. He has utterly cast out 
Muhammad (Mahumetam prorsus exterminavit) and leans toward the 
superstition of the Heathen, worshipping God andthe Sun. He proclaims him- 
self to bea prophet and declares that he does miracles, curing the sick by the 
water in which he washes his feet. Many women pay vows to him for the 
recovery of sons that are sick or for the power to produce children: and if 
successful they offer to him their votive gifts which, however small, are 
accepted by him with the greatest pleasure. The heathen are in great 
favour with him: se much so that it is wonderful that the Muhammadans 
endure it so long. The Prince too scoffs at Muhammad. We are entirely 
occupied now in learning the Persian language, and our progress leads us to 
believe that by God’s grace we shall have mastered it within a year, and 
then we shall be able to say that we are at Lahor, for hitherto we have 
been, as it were, dumb statues, (et tunc dicere poterimus nos esse in Lahor: 
hactenus enim sumus velut statue mute). May God im his mercy look not 
on our sins but on the price with which He has redeemed the souls around 
us, and may he give to our tongues such strength and eloquence as may 
enable us to touch their hearts and reap for our labours the fruits which 
your Reverence and our whole Society expects. Wherefore we desire ex- 
ceedingly to commend ourselves to the holy blessing and ministration and 
prayers of your Reverence. From the Court of Lahor, the 20th August 
1595. 
If your Reverence would send to the Emperor and the Prince a beauti- 
ful and large picture of the Holy Virgin or of the Nativity, they would 
receive the same with much attection and kindness. We would also that some 
little pictures were sent to us for certain Christians who ask eagerly for 
them.’ 
The second of the letters received at Goa from Lahor in November 
1595 is from Father Pinheiro. It is dated ‘The Court of the Great 
Mogul, 3rd. Sept. 1895,’ and is addressed ‘ad P. loannem Aluaretz Assis- 
tentem’. The Father begins by describing the journey to Lahor, On 
L Jahangir was born in August 1569. and was therefore in his 26th year, 
