With these helps, and the assistance of interpreters, who were never wanting to him at his need, he converted many idolaters, as also Mahometans and Jews; amongst the rest, a famous rabbi, who made a public adjuration of Judaism.  This rabbi, who before had taken for so many fables, or juggling tricks, all those wonders which are reported to have been done by Xavier, now acknowledged them for truths by the evidence of his own eyes:  for the saint never wrought so many miracles as at Malacca.  The juridical depositions of witnesses then living, have assured us, that all sick persons whom he did but touch, were immediately cured, and that his hands had an healing virtue against all distempers.  One of his most famous cures, was that of Antonio Fernandez, a youth not above fifteen years of age, who was sick to death.  His mother, a Christian by profession, but not without some remainders of paganism in her heart, seeing that all natural remedies were of no effect, had recourse to certain enchantments frequently practised amongst the heathens, and sent for an old sorceress, who was called Nai.  The witch made her magical operations on a lace braided of many threads, and tied it about the arm of the patient.  But instead of the expected cure, Fernandez lost his speech, and was taken with such violent convulsions, that the physicians were called again, who all despaired of his recovery.  It was expected every moment he should breath his last, when a Christian lady, who happened to come in, said to the mother of the dying youth, “Why do you not send for the holy Father? he will infallibly cure him.”  She gave credit to her words, and sent for Xavier.  He was immediately there:  Fernandez, who had lost his senses, and lay gasping in death, began to cry out, and make violent motions, so soon as the Father had set his foot within the doors; but when he came into the room, and stood before the youth, he fell into howlings and dreadful wreathings of his body, which redoubled at the sight of the cross that was presented to him.  Xavier doubted not but there was something of extraordinary in his disease, nor even that God, for the punishment of the mother, who had made use of diabolical remedies, had delivered her son to the evil spirits.  He fell on his knees by the bed-side, read aloud the passion of our Lord, hung his reliquiary about the neck of the sick person, and sprinkled him with holy water.  This made the fury of the devil cease; and the young man, half dead, lay without motion as before.  Then Xavier rising up, “get him somewhat to eat,” said he, and told them what nourishment he thought proper for him.  After which, addressing himself to the father of the youth, “when your son,” added he, “shall be in condition to walk, lead him yourself, for nine days successively, to the church of our Lady of the Mount, where to-morrow I will say mass for him.”  After this he departed, and the next day, while he was celebrating the divine sacrifice, Fernandez on the sudden came to himself, spoke very sensibly, and perfectly recovered his former health.