98 BE. D. Maclagan—Jesuwi/ Missions to the Emperor Akbar. [No. 1, 
moribus. His mother’s advice has no effect on him, nor his father’s 
punishments even when heavy and publicly adminstered.’! 
Several gifts were made to the Church; among others ‘several 
pieces of silver plate, 7.e., a beantiful thurible, a silver holy-water basin, 
and a stick for the holy-water sprinkler, and silver cruets and plate 
beautifully chased. ’ 
An Armenian merchant being nigh to death called in the Fathers 
and confessed to them and ‘ begged with much feeling that the passion © 
of Jesus Christ should be read to him.’ ‘He was buried very different- 
ly from other Armenians, to show how the Roman Church honours, 
even after death, those who have been obedient to her in life.’ 
. We also hear again of the Hungarian :-— 
‘A young man from the realm of the Emperor [in Europe] captive to 
a Turk who made him prisoner in the late wars, came hither with his 
master, who set him free, but even when at liberty his fear of being re-taken 
was so great that he trembled at every step. The Fathers sent him to us at 
Agra and we received him and placed him with Joao Battista Vechiete who 
will take him back to his own land. This Hungarian knows the Christian 
doctrine and prayers in Latin and is going on well.’ ' 
Then follow some accounts of baptisms: and the letter con- 
cludes :-— 
‘Few new Christians have been made this year at Lahor, because of the 
fear they have of those who govern there. Some are being catechised. God 
give them strength to accept the way of Salvation. We all pray your 
Reverence and our beloved Fathers to assist us with your prayers and holy 
ministrations, to which we greatly recommend ourselves. From Agra the 
6th Sept. 1604. Jerome Xavier.’ 
Father Pinheiro’s letter from Lahor, dated 12th August 1605. 
Two months before Akbar’s death Pinheiro addressed a letter to the 
Provincial, Manoel da Veiga, which continues the history of the mission 
at Lahor. The original of the letter is among the Marsden MSS. 
No, 9854, in the British Museum, and though evidently utilized by Du 
Jarric in his history, has not previously been published. 
The letter is occupied almost entirely with an account of the ty- 
rannies exercised by the Viceroy Qulij Khan, and his supporters and of 
the retribution which ultimately overtook them. Qulij Khan, we are 
told, besides being a persecutor of the Christians, whose name was ‘as 
much feared in Hindustan, as were formerly those of Nero and Diocle- 
tian, was a tyrant even to his own people and thought no more of 
putting a man to death than of drinking a cup of water. 
1 Regarding the evil deeds of Mirza Lahauri, son of Qulij Khan, see Blochm. 
Ain I, 500. 
