Chap. XX. 
Malabar and Goromandel. 
And it being our full intention that 
" ail the Indulgences, and other Spiritual 
Gifts granted us at large, as before- 
*' faid, fliould be enjoy'd by your Fra- 
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" the Inftitution of Pope Clement VIII. 
" of happy memory \ we will and com- 
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" have the fiime Authority ( when pro- 
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nal it felf. For the Confirmation 
whereof we have order'd this Letter 
*' to be fignM by the Secretary of our 
" Society, and our Seal, together with 
" that of the Protedtor thereof, to be 
affixed to it. Given in Rome at the 
''^ ufual place of our Afl'embly, in the 
year after the Nativity of our Saviour 
" Jefus Chrift, 1660. of the XUL In- 
" didion, the i6th of January, in the -^-^-y 
" fifth year of the Reign of our holy ^aid^us. 
Father Alexander VII. v^^V^ 
Subfcribed, 
Cardiaalvs Barberinm, Protedor, 
Jofe^b Caetanus^ Prelate. 
Francifcus Cinus^ 
Carolm Antonius a Puteo, 
Marianm f^ecchiarcUius, 1/^ -rr 
Petrus Bafanus, ' >Commiflioners. 
John Bapt. Ciofaniis^ \ 
Fhilippm de Rubeh^ J 
Andreas LeoniuSj Secretary, 
CHAP. XX. 
The Voyages, Miracles and Death of St, Thomas the Apojlle, The DoBrim 
of the Chrijlians of St. Thomas ; of the Greek, Syriac, and Georgian 
Chrifiians ; of the Ruffians, Neftorians,, JacobiteSj Coptes, Abyffines, Ar- 
menians, Maronites. A good Corref^ondence betwixt the Eaflem andWeJiern 
Churches very neceffarj. 
St. Tho- TT is the general opinion that the Apo- 
rnaihifar- J_ ftie St. Thomas did come into the 
S Indks efpecially into thefe parts i 
' His firft coming was in the Ifle of Soco- 
tor a (at the entrance of the Red Sea) 
where he converted many to the Chriftian 
Faith •, it being certain that to this day 
many of the Inhabitants ftile themfelves 
Chrifiians of St. Thomas, which alfo in- 
duced Xaverm to touch at that Ifland in 
his Voyage to the Indies ) and, if we may 
credit John de Lucena, would fain have 
Niffeveral there. From Socotora St. Thomas 
Voyages. failM to Cranganor, whence, after he had 
converted many to the Chriftian Faith, 
he went to Coulang. Upon the Rocks 
near the Sea-fhore of Coulang ftands a 
* I fan> Stone Pillar ^, erefted there (as the In- 
fhif Pillar- habitants report ) by St. Thomas. From 
Coulang crofTmg the high and dangerous 
Mountains he travell'd into Coromondel^ 
where having likewife planted the Seed 
of the Gofpel he fail'd into China, where, 
after he had preach'd the Gofpel to the 
Infidels, he returned to Maliapour, to con- 
firm forae of the new converted Chrifti- 
ans in their Faith, and there fufFer'd 
Martyrdom. 
Maliapour (afterwards call'd St. Tho-- 
ma/i by the Portuguefes ) was at that time 
a famous City in Corommdeh where this 
holy Marl would fain have built a Church, 
but was prevented by the Brahmans, and 
their King Sagam, They relate a very 
miraculous thing of St. Thomas, The 
Sea having caft up a Tree of a vail bulir, 
the King, who was defirous to ufe it in 
the building of a Houfe, had imploy'd a 
great number of Men and Elephants to 
bring it from thence, but in vain, the 
Wood being not to be moved from the 
place : St. Thomas ftanding by told the one of 
King, that if he would prefent hitn with 5^Tho- 
the piece of Wood, he would carry it mas hk 
alone to the City ( then ten Leagues from -'^"■^^^f^- 
the Shore) : The King looking upon him 
as a mad Man, told him he fhould do 
with it what he pleasM ; v/hereupon 
St. Thomas tying his Girdle to one of 
the Branches, and making the fign of the 
Crofs, drew the whole Tree after him 
with a great deal of eafe, follow'd by a 
vaft number of People ; and coming to' 
the City erefted a Stone Crofs there, tel- 
ling the Spectators, that whenever the 
Sea Ihould rife up to that place, God 
would fend certain Strangers from far 
diftant places to fettle the Chriftian Re- 
ligion here, which the Portuguefes would 
have to be verified at the time of their 
coming there. 
St. Thomas having by this Miracle, and 
the 
