He changes the salt-water into fresh. He restores
to a Mahometan his son, who was fallen into the sea.
He appears of an extraordinary height, and muck above
his own stature. He reassures the captain of
the Santa Cruz, and the mariners. He arrives at
the isle of Sandan. What passes betwixt Xavier
and Veglio. He foretels to Veglio, that he shall
be advertised of the day of his death. The prediction
of the saint is accomplished in all its circumstances.
Other wonderful illuminations. He raises up a
dead man, and drives the tygers out of the island.
Endeavours are used in vain, to dissuade him from the
voyage of China. He takes his measures for the
voyage of China. The Portuguese of Sancian traverse
the design of Xavier. He defers his voyage, in
consideration of the Portuguese merchants. He
writes divers letters to Malacca, and to Goa.
He gives orders to Father Francis Perez, and to Father
Caspar Barzaeus. He foretels the unhappy death
of a merchant. He is reduced to an extreme want
of all necessaries. The means fail him for his
passage into China. He is still in hope, and the
expedient which he finds. He falls sick again,
and foreknows the day of his death. The nature
of his sickness, and how he was inwardly disposed.
He entertains himself with God in the extremity of
his sickness. He denounces to a young Indian,
the unhappy death which was attending him. The
Death of the Saint. His age and person.
Of the duties which were paid him immediately after
his decease. They inter him without any ceremony.
The miraculous crucifix in the chapel of the castle
of Xavier. He is disinterred, and his body is
found without the least corruption. The body of
the saint is put on ship-board, to be transported
into India. How the body is received at Malacca.
The punishment of the governor of Malacca. The
town of Malacca is freed from the pestilence at the
arrival of the holy body. In what manner the
body of the saint is treated in Malacca. They
consider of transporting the holy corpse to Goa.
The body is put into a crazed old ship, and what happens
to it in the passage. How the body is received
at Cochin, and the miracle which is wrought at Baticula.
They come from Goa to meet the corpse. How the
corpse of the saint is received at Goa. The miracles
which are wrought, during the procession. The
body is placed in the church of Saint Paul. New
miracles are wrought in presence of the body.
The informations of the saint’s life are gathered
in the Indies. The people invoke him, and venerate
his images. They build churches in honour of
him, in divers parts of the East. The praises
which are given him by infidels, and the honour they
perform to him. How much he is honoured at Japan.
His gift of prayer. His love of God. His
charity towards his neighbour. His zeal of souls.
The various industry of his zeal. The condescendance
of his zeal, and how dear the conversion of people
costs him. The extent of his zeal. His intrepidity