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move his cramped and half-dead limbs, and acknowledging the severity of 
the pain said he had endured it for as long a time as that for which Christ 
our Lord is recorded to have hung upon the cross. Then he began to talk 
at great length regarding the pains and bodily afflictions which Christians 
of their own accord undergo and his words caused much sensation among 
those that stood by. In confirmation of his account he spoke of Father 
Ridolfo Aquaviva, whose intimate friend he had been, saying how one night 
when sleeping near him he heard a sound as though he were moving in the 
far end of his room. When the sound ceased he entered the Father’s room 
and found there a whip so covered with blood that drops were falling-on the 
floor. He asked him what the sound meant. The holy Father however, 
tried to cover with a laugh what the flush on his face and the modesty of his 
eyes plainly betrayed. The hearers were much meved by this account and 
they put credence in the Prince’s words. 
Another day we hada disputeregarding continence and chastity and those ° 
who preserve themselves pure and chaste according to the prescribed law of 
Christ, whick same is the very point of the whole difficulty and of the cause 
why the Muhammadans, sunk as they are in lust and incontinence are not 
initiated in the mysteries of Christianity. he Prince affirmed that if the 
Gospel permitted polygamy, many would accept it, in that its other teach- 
ings are conformable to reason. Nor is it hard to understand he should find 
such difficulty in preserving temperance, when it is remembered that 
although not yet 36 years old he has twenty women as his lawful wives. 
He was so anxious for things imported hither from Portugal and Indiat 
and especially for the pictures of our Saviour and the Blessed Virgin, the 
Queen of the Angels (to whose care he says he commends himself), that he 
excites cur wonder. Hence it happened that once when some baggage 
arrived at this Court from Cambay he had it taken over to his palace and 
opening it tock out whatsoever he pleased, paying however a just price 
to the owners. For the same reason on account of the great friendship 
he has for us, and mindful of the old saying, ‘ Friends have all things in 
common’ he takes whatsoever he chooses from the things which are sent 
tous from Goa. He once? retained some pictures, one of which the Provin- 
cial Father had intended for him, and when he pointed to one which was 
represented as smiling, it struck me that that was the picture which the 
Father wished to give him and I said that the Great Father® (for so they 
call the Provincial) had sent it to His Highness. On hearing this he was 
much delighted that his name was honoured even in Goa, and to show his 
gratitude for the gift he presented us with two pieces of tapestry as 
ornaments for the altar of the Lerd Jesus, and added afterwards a third 
and yet more beautiful one. 
Enough as regards the Prince. Now let us say something concerning 
1 That is the peninsula of India: the north of India was known as ‘ Mogor.’ 
2 This incident is omitted in the Maintz version of the letter. The present 
translation is taken from Oranus’ version. 
2 No doubt ‘ Bara Padre.’ 
