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to receive his Letters, as_ to hear what news in China. But his furprize was 

 very great, to fee Belloy in that condition, and that the Captain would not Ice 

 him go, before he had furrender'd him np into the hands of the Inquifitor. Nc- 

 verthelefs, in regard that" St. Amant was a perfon of great credit, he obtained 

 of the Captain, that Belloy fhould go along with him into the City. As for Belle* 

 he immediately and for the nonce fhiftcd himfelf into his old Cloaths, which 

 were all to tatters and full of Vermin 5 and St. Amant, who knew there was 

 no dallying with the Inquifition, took that feafon to prefent him to the Inqui- 

 fitor 5 who feeing a Gentleman in fuch a fad condition, had fome compaflion upon 

 him, and allow'd him the whole City for his Prifon ; on condition he fhould 

 fu.rrender his body upon demand, when he underftood what was inform'd againft 

 him. In the interim St. Amant brings Dh Belloy to my Lodging juft as I was 

 going to vifit the Arch-Bifhop of Mira, whom I formerly knew at Conftanti- 

 nople, when he was Prior of the Francifcans at Galax a. I defir'd them to ftay 

 a while and to dine with* me, Which they did 5 after which I proffer'd my Houfe 

 and Table to Dh Belloy, who liv'd with me ; and for whom I alfo bought two 

 new Suits of Apparel, and Linnen convenient. However, all the while that I 

 ftay'd at Goa 3 which was ten or twelve days, I could not perfwade the Sieur 

 J)h Belloy to put on thofe new Cloaths, not knowing the reafon, though- he 

 promis'd me every day. But being upon my departure, I told him I was go- 

 ing to take leave of the Vice-Roy $ whereupon he defir'd me to procure leave 

 for him alfo ; which I did. We departed toward evening in the lame Veffel 

 wherein I came, and about midnight the Sieur Belloy began to fhift himfelf, and 

 when he had done he threw his old raggs into the Sea^ (wearing againft the In- 

 quifition like a mad man; I underftanding nothing all this while of the bufinefs. 

 When, I heard him fwear in -that manner, I told him we were not yet out of 

 the Vortiigals hands 5 neither were he and I with five or fix Servants, able to 

 defend our felves againft forty Sea-men that belong'd to the Ship. I ask'd him 

 then, why he fwore fo heartily againft the Inquifition $ he reply'd, that he Would 

 tell me all the circumftances of the ftory ; which he did when we came to M'w- 

 grela, which was about eight a Clock in the morning. When we landed we 

 met certain Hollanders with the Commander, who were eating Oylrers find 

 drinking Sack upon the Shoar. Immediately they ask'd me who that perfon was 

 with me. I told them it was a Gentleman who attending the French Ambafla- 

 dor into Portugal, had taken Shipping there for India, together with four. or five 

 more whom he had left at Goa ; but that neither the Situation of. the place, . 

 nor the humour of the Portugals pleafmg him, he had defir'd my affiftance in 

 his return for Europe-. Three or four days after, I bought him an Oxe to carry 

 him to Snrat -, arid I gave him a Servant to affift him, together with a Letter 

 to Father Zenon, a Capuchih, wherein I defir'd him to fpeak to my Broker to 

 pay him ten Crowns a month for his fubfiftence, and to defire of the Englijk 

 Prefident to embark him for Europe with the firft opportunity. But it fell out 

 contrary to my intentions 9 for Father Zenon carri'd him back again along with 

 him to Goa, where he had fome bufinefs to do for Father Ephraim his Com- 

 panion ; of whom I fhall fpeak in the next Chapter. Father Zenon without 

 doubt believ'd, that Dh Belloy making his appearance to the Inquifition, and 

 defiring his pardon,' might have eafily obtain'd it. 'Tis very true he did obtain 

 it, but it was after he had been two years in the Inquifition, from which he 

 was not difcharg'd but with a Sulphur'd Shirt, with a St. Andrews Crofs upon 

 his Stomack. There was with him another Gentleman, calPd Lewis dc Bar upon 

 the Sctn'e, who was us'd in the fame manner ; and they always put them to ac- 

 company thofe who were put to death. The Sieur Dh Belloy did very ill to 

 return to Goa, and worfe to appear afterwards again at Mingela, where the 

 Hollanders , who underftanding he had formerly revolted out of their fer- 

 vice, by the intelligence they receiv'd from their Commander at Surat, feiz'd 

 his perfon, and fent him away in a Ship that was going for Batavia. They pre- 

 tended that they fent him to the General of the Company, to do with him as 

 he fhould think fitting. But I am in part affur'd, that as foon as the Veffel was 

 out at Sea, they put the poor Gentleman into a Sack, and threw him into the 

 Sea. This was the end of the Sieur Dh Belloy. 



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