Chap, II. through the great eft Part 0 
The Englijh Prefident, whofe Bufmefs here was chiefly 
with the Director of the Exchequer, went to pay him a 
Vifit, his Trumpets founding all the way as he went up 
the River, who received him with great Demonftrations 
of Friend fhip, becaufe they had known one another long 
before ; being carried thence to his Lodgings, he defired, 
and had Audience given him immediately by the Viceroy. 
His Palace lying on the River-fide, we found divers of his 
Gentlemen there to receive and conduct us into the Hall of 
Audience, in the Anti-chamber of which Palace we law his 
Guards {landing in two Files. The Viceroy himfelf was 
dreffed in black, and fo were all his Courtiers, and at the 
coming in of the Prefident rofe out of his Chair till the other 
was fat down : After fome ftay the Prefident was re-con- 
dudbed to the Water-fide by the fame Gentleman that 
brought us thither-, as we paffed along we were {hewn 
twelve of the Viceroy’s Horfes, richly accoutered, and a 
Biggel, a Creature much about the Bignefs and Colour of 
a Rain-deer. Its Head like an Horfe, its Main like an 
Afs, with black cloven Feet, and two black Horns on his 
Head. 
We had fcarce dined when we were crowded with Vifi- 
tants, moft of the Perfons of Quality among the Portu - 
gueze , and the Deputies of all the Monafteries coming to 
complement us, the ten Days we ftaid at Goa being fpent 
in nothing but Feafts and Vifits, The moft magnificent 
Entertainment of all we received from a certain Poriugueze 
Lord, who was then Governor of Mozambique each Courfe 
confifted of four Difhes, but we had fo many of them, and 
fuch Variety of Meats, Fruits, and Preferves, that I fcarce 
ever faw the like in my Life and to add to the reft, we 
were ferved at the Table by four very handfome Malacca 
Maids. The 1 6th we were invited to the profelTed Houfe 
of the Jefuits it confifted of an hundred and fifty Fathers, 
and as many Students ; but the Structure, which was four 
Story high, and very fpacious, could have contained a 
much greater Number. We paffed through the Hall, 
where we found Tables fet all along the Wails with Trench- 
ers, Drinking-Cups, and Earthen Pots. In the midft of 
the Flail we faw another fquare Table, intended for fuch 
of their Society as were bound over to pennance, upon the 
account of fome Delinquency or other. Towards the 
Entry flood a Pillar, from whence iffued out a Spout of 
Water for the Conveniency of wafhing their Hands j we 
were thence conducted into a noble Apartment, richly fur- 
niftied, and adorned with Tapeftry, where a Table ftood 
ready prepared for us in the midft of the Room, covered 
with Fruits and Bread in Porcelain Difhes, which is here 
preferred before Silver. 
The Father Provincial having placed the Englijh Prefi- 
dent on his right Hand, fet down, and fo did the reft of 
the Company fo that betwixt every two fat two Jefuits to 
entertain us. The Meat was likewife ferved up in Porce- 
lain Veffels, as well as the Defert. After Dinner we were 
brought into feveral Chambers to take our Repofe, accord- 
ing to the Cuftom of the Country i after which we paffed 
into another fpacious Flail, where we had the Diverfion of 
Dancing, by certain Indian Children brought up in the Ro- 
man Catholick Religion -, there were among other Shews 
an Entry made by fifteen Perfons, having in their Hands 
fome Pieces of a broken Pillar, and divers Garlands of 
Flowers, wherewith they adorned the Pillar, after they had 
with exaift Obfervance of the Cadence, each in their feveral 
Turning put it together ; and foon after we faw at the Top 
of the Pillar came out a Tulip, which opening of itfelf by 
Doors, produced the Image of the Bleffed Virgin, with 
our Saviour in her Arms befides which, the Pillar opened 
in feveral other Places, and caft forth perfumed Waters ; 
after which the Dancers took the Pillar to Pieces again, and 
carried it off dancing as they had brought it in. We hjj&k 
another Entry of twelve young Lads, each playing upon a 
peculiar Inftrument, fome Morris-dancers, and the Bail 
was concluded with another Entry of twelve Boys dreffed 
like Apes, who imitated thofe Creatures in their Leapings 
and Geftures to the Life. They farther told us, that they 
ufed thefe Inticements to bring over the Pagans and Moham- 
medans to the Church, and to divert their Difciples after 
their Studies. 
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January the 1 8 th we dined with the Jefuits at their Col- 
lege called Bon Jefus . The firft thing we obferved in their 
Flails were the Pictures of many Princes and Perfons of 
Quality that had been of this Society, and the Hiftoiy of 
their Martyrs 5 among whom we found thofe of that Fra- 
ternity that were engaged in the Gunpowder Plot in Eng- 
land upon which Account they made us an ample Re- 
lation of the Sufferings of their Brethren in Japan, and the 
unheard-of Cruelties exercifed againft them as well aS the 
Japanefe Chriftians. Thence they brought us into their 
Church, which for its Greatnefs and Sumptuoufnefs may, 
without all Comparifon, challenge the Preference before any 
Church the Jefuits are Matters of in Afia . The high Altar 
was one of the moft magnificent that ever I beheld of that 
kind -, but that which was dedicated to Saint Francis Xavier, 
whom they ftile the Apoftle of the Indies , exceeds the other 
in Riches. 
Here we faw his Image drawn to the Life, upon Wood, 
and they were pleafed to tell us, that his Body was yet to be 
feen in the fame Church as intire as it was the firft Minute 
after his Death ; nay, they farther told us, that the Body of 
this Saint being hid in the Ifle of Ceylon , was difeovered by 
its odoriferous Scent, which was perceived many Leagues at 
Sea -, in which the good Fathers were not a little deceived, 
fince the Scent, which is fmelled at a great Diftance from 
the IOand of Ceylon, proceeds from the vaft Number of 
Cinnamon Trees which are all over that Hand. Befides, 
that this Story does not agree with what Majfaus, one of 
their Authors, tells us concerning this Saint, viz. that 
having preached the Gofpel in the Indies, he came to 
China, where he died immediately after his landing ; and 
that the Matter of the Veffel having put his Body into un- 
flacked Lime, in order to carry his Bones away, this cor- 
roding Matter did not exert its Virtue upon it, but the 
Body remained entire and uncorrupted, and had a very 
odoriferous Smell whereupon it was refolved to carry it 
to Goa, which was done accordingly. As we were going 
from the Church to the Refeftory, they forgot not to en- 
tertain us with the Miracles of this Saint, of his raffing the 
Dead, commanding the Sea and Winds, as well as the 
Sun, the laft of which he brought back an Hour after 
Sun-fet. 
We faw in the Flail here Tables for above two hundred 
Perfons, but only the moft confiderable dined with us, the 
reft waited : Our Entertainment was much the fame as in 
the other College, but we had moft excellent Canary given 
us ; and though thefe Fathers have the Reputation of ex- 
traordinary Sobriety, yet out of Complaifance to our Com- 
pany, they were not backward in making the Cup go 
round when they perceived we liked the Wine. They alfo 
carried us up into the Steeple, whence we had a full View 
of all the City, the Sea, the River, and the adjacent Coun- 
try, as far as the Mountains. The next Morning two of 
the Fathers came to our Lodgings to fhew us the Hofpital 
which is under the Infpedlion of the Jefuits. It is a very 
large and noble Structure, containing as many Chambers, 
Halls and Galleries, as will conveniently lodge and accom- 
modate one thoufand fick Perfons ; each Bed is marked 
with a particular Number, and fuch as are not taken up are 
diftinguifhed by a particular Mark. The Kitchen and 
Apothecary’s Shop are well worth Obfervation. I found 
the chief Diftempers of the Sick here to be the Bloody-flux 
and the Pox. They have this Cuftom, that as foon as any 
Patient is paft all Hopes of Recovery, he is ftiut up in a 
private Room with a Prieft, that the reft may not be di~ 
fturbed by the Groans of the dying Perfon. 
Hence we went to the Convent of our Lady belonging 
to the Auftin-Friars , which being built upon rifing Ground, 
makes a moft glorious Shew at a Diftance. I delivered to 
them the Letters of Recommendation I had received from 
their Brethren at Ifphahan , which made them treat me with 
more than ordinary Civilities, fhewing me all the rich 
Copes and Veftments belonging to the Monafteries, and 
offering me all that lay in their Power for my Service. 
The Prefident having by this time received nine thoufand 
Pounds due, and a Promife of the Payment of the reft to 
fuch of the Englijh Merchants as were to ftay behind at 
Goa, he gave a fplendid Entertainment to all fuch as had 
fh.ewed 
