State of Portugal at Madrid, in which Office and Court he died.

What his Miscarriages were in Spain, whereby he is faid to have forfeited his Glory, I have not been able to learn; but whatever they were, one would think that the violating of a folemn Agreement openly, within a Week after it was made, and the ordering a Fort belonging to a Prince, that was in Peace with them, to be treacherously demolished, and the difperfing of notorious Falfhoods only to ferve a turn, ought to be no very good title to Saintship. But the Arch-Bishop, if he could have had hands to have executed it, had ferved the King of Travancor a much worfe trick than this, when he was upon his Vifitation that was after the Synod. We are told of a lively thing spoke by a Portugueze Captain, that was very brave, but had fcarce Bread to eat, who, in this Siege, having seven of his Teeth ftruck out with a Mufquet-Bullet, after he had wiped his Mouth faid, The Mahometan had done him no Injury, and had known doubtless he had no need of Teeth. But to return to the Story.

The Arch-Bishop, after having fent this falfe News about, and having fent to the Queen of Changanate, to let her know, that he should not be able to meet her according to his Promife, until he returned; Sailed in great haft to Cochim, to conferr with the Captain-General, and to confult whether it would not be convenient to make an abfolute Peace with the Samorim, and the rather because he had been fo true to his Word,

Word, in carrying on the Siege of Cunable. It was agreed on all hands that fuch a Peace would be convenient at that time; however, they would not venture to conclude it before they had the Viceroy's Opinion of it, to whom they fent the Project.

The Arch-Bishop, after he had dispatched this bufinefs, Sailed to Molandurte, a great place of Christians, where he was received very kindly, which kindness of theirs is faid to have coft them dear; for the King of Cochim, to whom Molandurte belongs, being grown extreamly jealous that the Arch-Bishop, under a pretence of reducing the Chriftians of St. Thomas to the obedience of the Roman Church, defigned to bring them under the obedience of the Crown of Portugal, as it is plain he did from the 24th Decree of the laft Action of the following Synod, for this very reafon laid a great Tribute upon them, which they have not been able to this day to hake off; and furthermore Commanded them, upon pain of Death, to repair to Angamale to their Arch-Deacon, who being there, and having heard, it's like, of the Arch-Bishop's having violated their Agreement within less than a Week after it was made, begun to thunder out Excommunications against him, writing to all his Churches to have nothing more to do with him, and to all the Princes of Malabar, to have a care of him as a Perfon that had ill defigns upon their Subjects.

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While the Arch-Bishop was at Molandurte, where he confirmed and exercised all Epifcopal Acts, he received Letters from the Viceroy approving his Project of Peace with the Samorim, and defiring him to return to Vaipim to Sign it, which he did in great hafte, as did the Governour and Bishop of Cochim alfo, who both met him there.

This Peace was much promoted on the Samorim fide by his Nephew and firft Minister Uniare Cherare, who, notwithstanding he had been privately Christned by Father Roz, had leave to continue to Profefs himself a Heathen still,the better to enable him to ferve the Portuguezes, which he did effectually, both by communicating to them daily all the Secrets of his Uncles Cabinet-Council, whereof he was Prefident, and by difpofing him to have a good opinion of the Portuguezes; which was what he would not have been in a capacity to have done, but would have been immediately disgraced, and turned out of all, had he difcovered himself to have been a Christian fo foon as he was Baptized. And as for the Arch-Bishop, we find he was fo far from condemning either the Prince or the Jefuite for this scandalous diffimulation, that after the. Celebration of the Synod he confirmed and anointed the Prince therein, by giving him the Sacrament of Chrism or Confirmation, with the fame Secrefie, and the fame Difpenfation as the Jefuite had given him that of Baptifin.

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After he had dispatched the Peace, Signed to the Captain-General, he fet Sail for Diamper, the ancient Seat of feveral of the Bishops of the Serra, where meeting with feveral that had a mind to take Orders, there having been no Ordination in the Bishoprick for two Years, he gave notice that he intended to conferr Orders on the Saturday before the Fifth Sunday in Lent.

He writ alfo to the Arch-Deacon to come and affift at the Solemnity; the Arch-Deacon was much concerned at the news, and writ him back word, That this was contrary to the late Agreement they had made together, and that his doing of it would put an end to the Affair of the Synod, which he seemed to defire fo much, fince the principal point that was to be debated therein was, Whether he was their Plate o no? But the Arch Bishop fanfying that the Arch-Deacon talked of a Synod only to amufe him and gain time, writ him word, that nothing fhould hinder him from Conferring Orders at the time appointed; and not only fo, but that he would exercise all other Acts of Episcopal Jurifdiction, in obedience to the Pope's Briefs, to whom all the Churches of the World were fubject. The Arch-Deacon finding he was abfolutely determined to Ordain, defired him, fince he was refolved to do't right or wrong, to Ordain none but Latins, for fo they called not only the Portuguezes, but all the Malavars, who were bred up under the Jefuites. The Arch-Bishop fent him word again, that he

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would Ordain both Latins and Chaldeans, it being his bufinefs to destroy that distinction by bringing all Christians under one head. Upon this the Arch-Deacon finding nothing else would do, ordered an Edic to be published in all the Churches of the Diocefs, prohibiting all Chriftians, upon pain of Excommunication, latæ fententie, to receive any Orders from him, with which he fent another Inftrument, commanding all Priests and Christian People not to fuffer him to come into any of their Churches, as also not to be present at any of his Maffes or Sermons.

The Arch-Bishop had Preached two days following, and had confirmed a great many before these Instruments had reached Diamper; but after they came once to be published, they put a full ftop to what went on fo currently before: The oldest Caçanar of the Church requiring the ArchBishop, upon the receipt of them, to leave the place, and not to offer to fet his Foot in their Church any more, nor to Confirm any Body, which among them, who anointed Children on the Head when they were Baptized, was an unneceffary Ceremony.

Notwithstanding this, the Arch-Bishop continued ftill a Preaching, and when the day appointed for the Ordination was come, Ordained 37 on it, having first obliged them to fubscribe the Faith of Pius IV. and to fwear obedience to the Pope. After this Solemnity was over, the Arch-Bishop determined to pafs the Holy Week, and Eafter at Carturte, a confiderable Town of