When the mortality was almost ceased, the saint pursued his
design of the embassy to China, and treated with Don Alvarez d'Atayda,
the governor of Malacca, on whom the viceroy had reposed the trust of so
important an affair Don Alvarez had much this enterprize, when
Xavier had first opened it, at his return from Japan, and had even
promised to favour it with all his power.
design of the embassy to China, and treated with Don Alvarez d'Atayda,
the governor of Malacca, on whom the viceroy had reposed the trust of so
important an affair Don Alvarez had much this enterprize, when
Xavier had first opened it, at his return from Japan, and had even
promised to favour it with all his power.
Dryden - Complete
