He had brought with him, from Amboyna, his old companion, John Deyro.  Though Deyro was in his attendance, yet he was not a member of the society, for the causes already specified, and deserved not to be of it, for those which follow.  Some rich merchants having put into his hands a sum of money, for the subsistence of the Father, he concealed it from him.  Xavier, who lived only on the alms which were daily given him, and who hated money as much as his companion loved it, looked on this action of Deyro as an injury done to evangelical poverty; and the resentment which he had of it, caused him to forget his usual mildness to offenders.  Not content to make him a sharp reprimand, he confined him to a little desart isle not far distant from the port; enjoining him, not only continual prayer, but fasting upon bread and water, till he should of his own accord recal him.  Deyro, who was of a changeable and easy temper, neither permanent in good, nor fixed in ill, obeyed the Father, and lived exactly in the method which was prescribed.

He had one night a vision, whether awake or sleeping has not been decided by the juridical informations of the Father’s life.  It seemed to him, that he was in a fair temple, where he beheld the Blessed Virgin, on a throne all glittering with precious stones.  Her countenance appeared severe; and he, making his approaches to her, was rejected with indignation, as unworthy to be of the company of her son.  After which she arose from the throne, and then all things disappeared.  Deyro being recalled from his solitude some time after, said nothing of his vision to Father Xavier, to whom God had revealed it.  He even denied boldly to have seen any, though the Father repeated it to him, with all the circumstances.  Xavier, more scandalised than ever with this procedure of Deyro, refused all farther communication with a man, who was interested, and insincere.  He rid his hands of him, but withal foretold him, “That God would be so gracious to him, as to change his evil inclinations, and that hereafter he should take the habit of St Francis.”  Which was so fully accomplished, that when the informations were taken in the Indies, concerning the holiness and miracles of Xavier, Deyro then wore the habit of St Francis, and lived a most religious life.

After the three missioners were gone for the Moluccas, Xavier alone bore the whole burden of the work.  The knowledge which the Portuguese and Indians had of his holiness, made all men desirous of treating with him, concerning the business of their conscience.  Not being able to give audience to all, many of them were ill satisfied, and murmured against him:  but since their discontent and murmurs proceeded from a good principle, he comforted himself, and rather rejoiced than was offended, as he says himself expressly in his letters.  His ordinary employment was preaching to the Christians and Gentiles, instructing and baptising the catechumens, teaching children the Christian doctrine, visiting the prisoners and the sick, reconciling enemies, and doing other works of charity.