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finga, anb but little p?ofiteb, bccaufc. the from tbcknabQtonetoarbes as thicke as an 
^raoiencs, tohich are the miniffers ofthe Clephantes legge, tljeottjer legge anb all 
Pagod e s 3 theirfalfeanb etueiiOj ibols, fought their members toithoutanpbefQ?mtttc 3 be*' 
anb hfeij all the meaties tijep cotslb tohtnoer ingCraightauD toellpjopojtioneD, liketo o« 
him.. $komas befireb the King to grauut tljer men,tobereof 31 w felfhaue fan manp, 
him^ ptace there to^jltl'^ChappclijhBihertrii both men a«u toomen,:fo? that thereabouts 
he might oaplp. p?a&h$0 tb,e.ilo?b, anb to* there are tohole hillages $ -kpnb?ebs of them. 
Cruet the people,toijicb toasheimeb,h(i%hg (manp of fhem being; Chjittians after theif 
the meanes ofthe Bramenes anB other Cm manner) that arebojneinthefaibiauDof^ 
counters,toherein thep quip put their truft: Thomas,. inhere as pettbep btoeiltogreat 
but it pteafeo C0pb (as thep fan) that a great numbers. Whether this bethe caufe of their 
tra o j pace of ingih'fcii into the mouth of the otfeafe 0 ?notj< 0 Qbknotoetb: 3 hauefpofeen 
bauen ofthe totone of4/diapor, toherebp totth them mpfelf, anbafkeb them the caufe, 
nepther ihippe no? boate coulb paiTe out, no? but then fan tbep knoto i t not, onelp that men 
come into thetotone, to the kings great him tell them it is fo? the caufe afo?efato, ano thep 
berance, anb the lotTe ofthe baplte trafique to 
tbefotoneitobercbpon the King affcmbleb to 
the number of tb?a bunb?eth Clepbantes, 
thinking to b?ato the tree o? pace of to®b bp 
fo?ceoutof tberiucr, butalltnbaine, fo?be 
coula not bee it: tobicb be percctntng, neither 
pet thatall his Bramenes anb ^outhfapers 
coulb giue him anp cotmfell, o? helpe therein, 
he p?o,mifeb great anb large tetoaros f o him 
that coql&beutfe anp mcanes fo? the helping 
thereof: toherebpen the ^pottle &. Tho< 
n:as toent bnto the fetog,ano tolo him, that 
he alone(ifit pleafeb bim)tooulb pull it f©?tb, 
befiringno other retoarb fo? his papnes,but 
ondp the fame pace of to®b to make him a 
Chappelloihoufeto p?ap im:tobicb the King 
graunteb,although both he anb his Brame* 
nos effameb it fo? aicflUnb laughea thereat: 
jtoherelhtth S.Thomas tobe his gtrbell, ano 
binbing about the pace oftocob, toitbout aug 
panne o? labour b?etoe it out of the fewer bp* 
^n the lanb, to the great toonberanbaCo- 
nifhment of all the beholbers, fpcciallp of the 
!tong,that p?cfentlie gauehim leaueto make 
his chappel ofthe fame pace of to®b:tb?ough 
the tohich miracle btuers of them recepucb 
313 apttfme,anbbccame Ch?iffians, toherebp 
the Bramenes fell into much bifliktoganb 
Me eCimaticn toith the cornon people, both 
fo? their 3ibolatrie, ano alfo in autho?itie: fo 
thatthep toere greacenemtes to S.Thomasi 
anb bp allmeanes fought to b?ing htotfohis 
beath,tohtchin §’ enb thep perfo?meb,hautng 
thereunto pcrftoabeb fome ofthe countrie 
peqple,tohichfubbainlp came behinb S. Tho- 
jmas,anb tb?uC him into the backe 5 baing on 
his knas in the fame Chappell p?aptng fo 
^obttohich !toffo?p as pet is founb painteb, 
anhfet bpin manic places anb Churches of 
$ntfia, ;fo? a perpcfuall memo?ie thereoftonb 
thep lap t hat the Cocke anb p?ogenp ofthofe 
that fleto humareaccurfcb bp <0ob,$ plagueb 
itoith a ceitainc bifcafe,bjhich is that thep are 
)aIlbo?neb)ith one of their leggestanefcotg 
Thei.BoQkCo . ' 
haueno let no? trouble in their going, but 
onlptbebnOghtlines $ euilfauoureb faihion 
oftbeir legge, b)bofefo?mcanb counterfeit 
pou Chal finb bp the pictures ofthe Inbians. 
SDhis CobJne of Mcliapor is in time be* 
capeb,aiib become p©?e,as all thinges in this 
bJ0?lbe haue no continuance, but arc as a 
fmoke q? fhabobse. ^nb after the ^o?tingals 
hab bifcoucreb the Ianb,anb began to frafickt 
there, bpon the place of S. Thomas graue, 
tbep catifeb a title tobmeto becrecteb, anb 
therein a Church of Cone in the feme place, 
lobere the graue anb Chappell ofbiab once 
C®b,mahing the b®?es of the Church of the 
fame bj®b, fo? a remcmb?ance of the mtra* 
cle, tohefeSv Thomas bones are holbeniii 
great rcuerencc anb efiimatton,anb of manp 
toith great beuotion bikteb $ fan: $ fobiebis 
mo?e,at this time the faib Church bo?es .that 
fajere make ofthe fame bjcob, are almoC cut 
in paces anb carried abiap, to fet in golb anb 
Hluer, tohereof btuers ]Bo?tingales bo toearo 
the paces about their necks 3 as a holp relicke, 
anb are of opinion, that it both manpmira^ 
cles: fo that thep of S.Tnomas SCobme haue 
caufeb their Church bo?es to be Cricken fulS 
of naplsfo kape men from cutting anpmo?e 
thereof, that tbep map noMpfc fo holie« 
thing ♦ 0 iflcming hatiirillpbo?neiiii ^ 
toiune of Slu e? in Flanders, that hab bboelt 
in the faib Cofone of ^.Thomas aboue 30* 
pcares,anbmarrpeb tbere,baing mp fpectall 
frtenbjfentmc as a great anb a b)©nberfuU 
p?efenf, a iohole paire of beabes ofthe fame 
boob, tohich long befo?e he hab caufeb to be 
cut out anb mabe thereof ♦ 0nb a p»o?tingall 
tooma.tohich b?cught them buto me to Goa, - 
hab great beuotion in them,faping, that thep 
hab beliuereb her out of a great Co?me anb 
banger bp the toapifo? that phe faib Ihe hab no 
f©her hangb the beabes into the fea, but p?e- 
fentlp the fto?me ceafeb,toherebpon Ihe p?af< 
feb them much,toiUmg metoeCam of them 
as one of the belt % hokeft ietoels in f too?lb* 
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