5^6 A Defcriftion of the Coajls of 
rvJLo very kindly receiv'd by his Excellency : But to return to the Bifliop, Brother Jo« 
Saldam. He had two forts of Enemies to contend feph de SanCta Maria^ he was fent from 
((✓^^/-o with during his ftay in thefe parts \ firft Rome with a Bull of Indulgence, granted 
of all with the Portuguefes^ who could Jan, i6. j66o. in the fifth year of ^/ex- 
not brook that any other but their Coun- ander VII. Pope of Rome^ fubfcribed by 
trymen ftiould be exalted to that Dignity, the Cardinal Barberim, Jofeph Caetanus^ &c. 
. and that not by the Pope, but by their the true Original whereof being in my 
own King : The other was the Archidaho Cuftody, and containing many things 
(as the PoYtugueJi.^ flile him) or chief tending to the Elucidation of the Affairs 
Head of the Chriftians of St. Thomas of theChriftiansof St.r/?ow^j5 ( ofwhom 
hereabouts, who being a Negro would we are to treat immediately after) we 
neither fubmit himfelf nor his Flock to thought it not beyond our fcope to ob- 
the Romi/h Jurifdidion. lige the Reader with the Tran/lation 
Concerning the Chriftians of St. Tho- thereof 
mas we fliall fpeak more at large anon. 
Francifcus ^i/hop 0/ Portua, Cardinal Barberini, Vice-Chancellor of 
the Holy Roman Church, and ProteBor of the Honourable Fraternity 
of the Church of S. Jerome. 
Jofephus Caetanus, i\eeper of both the Seals of his Holmefs, (Refe- 
rendary and (prelate; Carolus Antonius a Puteo, IQtight ; 
Francifcus Cinus^ SolUcitor-General of the Court of Rome- 
Johannes Baptifta Valentis, Abbot ; Petrus Balfanus, Carolus de 
Comitibus, Fompejas Serinus, Marianus Yeccbiarellius, and 
Job. Bapc. Ciofanus, Commffioners : 
The Bui! of it \j\Jlfh to our dearly beloved Bro- 
Indulgsnce. V V thers and Sifters in Chrift of 
" the moft Reverend Fraternity of the 
Apoftle of St. Thoma6^ of the Church 
dedicated to that Saint, without the 
" Walls of Cochin^ founded by Legal 
" Authority, Eternal Salvation in the 
Lord, 
The more than ordinary Inclination 
you have fhewn to Piety, Charitable 
" Works, and other holy Exercifes, have 
induc'd us, who according to our Duty 
" are to take care of the Salvation of 
" the Faithful, and promoting of Piety 
" and Religious Exercifes, to receive in- 
*^ to and unite with our Society your 
«^ Fraternity intended for the Exercife 
of pious and charitable Works ; and 
" by thefe Prefents receive you as fuch, 
" and thereby make you Partakers of all 
*' the Indulgences, Authority and other 
*' Spiritual Gifts granted us by Pope 
*« Paul V. of happy Memory. And the 
** Reverend Father, Brother Johannes de 
" SanSa Maria^ Frier of the Order of 
" the Difcalceated Carmelites^ Prefident 
of your Fraternity, having in your 
" Name earneftly foil icited for the faid 
Reception, and a grant of the Indul- 
" gences, we the above- mention'd Pre^ 
lates and Commijfioners, relying upon 
" the Authority of Pope Clement VllL 
" of happy Memory, and his Grant of 
" Nov , 7, 1 604, and mov'd with a holy 
" Zeal and Chriftian Love for the pro- 
moting of the true Religious Worlhip, 
" we do by virtue of thefe Letters re- 
ceive your Fraternity founded accord- 
" ing to the Apoftolical and Canonical 
" inftitution, with the Approbation of 
" the moft Reverend Bifhop, or the Or- 
" dlnary of that place, into our Commu- 
nion and Society, purfuant to the Apo- 
" ftolical Authority granted us for that 
*' purpofe j and therefore impart to the 
" faid Fraternity and to all its Members 
all the Indulgences and other Spiritual 
Gifts, fpecified and granted to our So- 
" ciety by the faid Papal Bull of PaulV, 
to give Encouragement to your Frater- 
" nity for the performance of all forts of 
" pious Works, and the obtaining of 
" eternal Salvation ( by God's Mercy ) 
after this Life. 
N.B. The Bull of PaulV. being very 
long, fulfome, and not material, was 
not thought fit to be inferted. 
" And 
