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Book I. Travels in India.
to receive his Letters, as to hear what news in China. But his furprize was
very great, to fee Belloy in that condition, and that the Captain would not let
him go, before he had furrenderM him up into the hands of the Inquilitor. Ne-
verthelefs, in regard that St. Amam was a perfon of great credit, he obtain’d
of the Captain, that Belloy Ihould go along with him into the City % As for Belloy
he immediately and for the nonce Ihifted himfelf into his old Cloaths, which
were all to tatters and full of Vermin \ and St. Ammt, who knew there was
no dallying with the Inquifition, took that feafon to prefent him td the Inqui-
litor; who feeing a Gentleman in fuch a fad condition,had fomecompaffion upon
him, and allow’d him the whole City for his Prifon ; on condition he Ihould
furrender his body,upon demand,when he underilood what was inform’d againfi
him. In the interim St. Amant brings Da Belloy to my Lodging juft as I was
going to vilit the Arch-Bifhop of Mira, whom I formerly knew, at Conflanti-
nople, when he was Ptior of the Francifcans at Galata. I delir’d them to ftay
a while and to dine with me, which they did j after which I proffer’d my Houfe
and Table to Da Belloy, who liv’d with me } and for whom I alfo bought two
new Suits of Apparel, and Linnen convenient. However, all the while that l
flay’d at Goa, which was ten or twelve days, I could, not perfwade the Sieur
Da Belloy to put on thofe new Cloaths, not knowing the reafon, though he
promis'd me every Jay. But being upon my departure, I told him I was go
ing to take leave of the Vice-Roy } whereupon he defirM me to procure leave
for him alfo j which I did. Wp departed toward evening in the fame Veffel
wherein I came, and about midnight the Sieur Belloy began to fhift himfelf, and
when he had done he threw his old raggs into the Sea, fwearing againft the In-
quifition like a mad man ^ I underftanding nothing all this while of the bulinefs.
When I heard him fwear in that manner, I told him we were not yet out of
the Bortagals hands } neither were he and I with five or fix Servants, able to
defend our felves againft forty Sea-men that belong’d to the Ship. I ask’d him
then, why he fwore fo heartily againft the Inquilition ; he reply’d,that he would
tell me all the circumftances of the Story} which he did,when we came to Min-
which was about eight a Clock in the morning. When we landed we
^ met certain Hollanders with the Commander, who were eating Oyfters and
* drinking Sack upon the Shoar. Immediately they ask’d me who that perfon was
with me. I told them it was a Gentleman who attending the French Ambaffa-
dor into Fortagal^d taken Shipping there for together with four Or five
more whom he had left at Goa-, but that neither the fcituation of the place,
nor the humour of the Fortagals plealing him, he had delir’d my affiftairce in
his return for Earope. Three or four days after, I bought him an Oxe to carry
him to Sarat and I gave him a Servant to affift him, together with a Letter
to Father Zenon, a Capachin, wherein I defir’d him to fpeak to my Broker Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation. to
pay him ten Crowns a month for his fubfiftence, and to deiire of the English
Prefident to embark him for Earope with the firft opportunity. But it fell out
contrary to my Intentions} for Father Zenon earn’d him back again along with
him to Goa, where he had fome bufinefs to do for Father Ephraim his Com-
panion ; of whom I fhall fpeak in the next Chapter. Father Zenon without
doubt believ’d, that Da Belloy making his appearance to the Inquilition, and
defiring his pardon might have eafily obtain’d it. ’Tis vefy true he did obtain’
u, but it was after he had been two years in the Inquilition, from which he
was not difeharg’d-but with a fulphur’d Shirt, with a St. Andrews Crofs upon
his Stomack. There was with him another Gentleman, call’d Lewis de Bar upon
the Seine, who was us’d in the fame manner} and they always put them to ac
company thofe who were put to death. The Sieur Da Belloy did very ill to
return to Goa, and worfe to appear afterwards again at Mingrela, where the
Hollanders, who underftanding he had formerly revolted out of their fer-
^ce, by the intelligence they receiv’d from pheir Coipmander at Surat, feiz’d
Ls perfon, and fent him aw r ay in a Ship that was going for Batavia. They pre
tended that they fent him to the General of the Company, to do with him as
mould think fitting. But lam in part alfur’d, that as Toon as the Vellel was
out at Sea, they put the poor Gentleman into a Sack, and threw him into the
5ea - -f his was the end of the Sieur Da Belloy.
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