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‘¢ without good foundation, that their austerities are, generally speaking, more dreadful in appearance 
“6 than in reality; and that, while they outwardly aflect an e\.traordinary degree of self-denial, they 
“indulge themselves privately, in a free and eten luxurious use of the creatures, have their tables 
“ delicately served, and their cellars exquisitely\furn’shed, in order to refresh themselves atter 
«¢ their labors.” ‘ 
Tum following is an extract from a history of the Jesuits procured at Pondicherry. have not seen 
the work whence it was taken: but as the idea it conveys of the dress and appearance of the members 
of that society, when attached to the Madura mission, ‘coincides with the preceding accounts and 
with all other testimony respecting them, no doubt can be entertained of its accuracy. ‘The work, 
whence it is taken, contains a representation of a missionary in his {dian habit; probably the same as 
is stated in the following translation to have been taken of Ronerr Nopriy himself: — 
“ Nomen & criginem truxit hac missio ab urbe Maduré, Regni apud Indos Sic dicti, primaria. 
“ Initium ili dedit P. Roxerrus pe Noxixisus societatis Jesu et Marcetri Hf népos, zelo 
« Apostolico nobilissimus. lle, ut Brachmanes ad Christianam fidem adduceret, Europeum homi- 
* nem exuit, Indigenarum assumpto vestitu, et vivendi consuetudine, ac primo Rajas, qui apud 
“ Indes sunt in pretio, cultu exteriore imitatur, sed frustra. Brachmanes sceculares deinde imitatus 
“ eorum more se vestit, funiculum ex Gossipio triplicatum ab humeris honoris tesseram detulit, & in 
*¢ omnibus integrum Brachmanem sese eflinxit; at conversionem nunquam, sed solam eorum familiari- 
“ tatem obtinuit: spem tamen non abjecit Ropertus, novam metamorphosim adinyenit & a soculari. 
‘6 Brachmanorum habitu, ad Religiosum transiens, more Saniassi pcenitentis induitur. Est enim Saniassi 
“< magua apud Brachmanes xstimatio, utpote legis magistri, vitam profitentes a voluptatibus alienam, 
per diem unica orize comestione contentam. Hane professus vitam Rosertus multos Brachmanes 
“ Christo adjunxit. He pie Roserti industria multas sensére impugnationes, videbantur enim aliquid 
* involyere superstitiosum, sed eas evicit Ronenrus, et illis adhuc utuntur in eo regno Societatis Jesu 
‘** operarii. Habitum imago representat, @ Gossipina tela confectum colore in rubrum  inclinanti. 
“ Tilum sine ulla subucula gerunt. Nudis pedibus ut plurimum omnino incedunt, aliquando soccos 
‘“« duobus digitis apprehensos adhibent, capillos in nodum supra verticem capitis colligunt; quos fascia 
** possipina plures circumdant & contegunt.” 
T suru close this note by the translation of a passage from a work entitled, “¢ Téru-sabeiyin Charitra 
Postegam,” or “ Historia Ecclesiastica,” written in Tamul and published by the Protestant Missionaries, 
at Tranquebur in 1799. ‘This passage is from the section relative to the transactions of the Missionaries 
in India, from the arrival of the Portuguese, at page 238 of the work, and under the year 1607.. The 
work thereii alluded, as having been written in 1729, is by the famous Jesuit Missionary ConstTan'rio 
Josrriio Brscu1, known throughout the South of India, for many valuable compositions in the high 
dialect of the Tamul, under the title of the Vira~Mamuni and Dhairya-Natha Swami. 'This extract is 
{roi the preface to the Védu Vilaceam the Elucidation of the Scriptures, written professedly against 
the heretics of Tranquebar. 
TRANSLATION. 
{1607.] Ar that time Roserr Noztn, called Tarwi-Bép,wacer, clothing himself in the habit of a 
Sanydsi, endeavoured to promulgate Christiuntty in this country. The secretary to the congregation 
