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CHAPTER I - Arrival at Goa, and description of the Hospitals and Prisons there

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 April 2011

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On our arrival at Goa–the principal seat of Portuguese Government in India, the residence of the Viceroy and the Archbishop, situate under the altitude of 16 degrees towards the Arctic Pole,–the general of the fleet that had brought us from Cochin, by name Don Francisque de Meneiso, a near relative of the Archbishop (who was then holding the place of the Viceroy, the latter having died at Malaca, as I shall relate hereafter), sent orders to the captain of the galiot wherein I was to remove the irons from my feet and send me to him. The captain replied that I was so ill that I could not stir, or that I must be carried to the Royal Hospital rather than elsewhere, seeing I was in such a sick and wounded condition. This was done, and the irons were removed from my other foot; and I verily believe that the Holy Spirit had then touched the heart of this captain, who had theretofore been so barbarous and cruel towards me, for none could be more kindly and merciful than he then became. The good monk, Frère Manuel de Christo, gave me his benediction, and bade me adieu, both of us shedding tears, saying that he could not hope to see me again for a long while, as his sojourn at Goa was but short, seeing that full soon he was departing for Chaoul in the north.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010
First published in: 1888

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