on on each other,
deploring their unhappy destiny, and expecting nothing but present death.
Then the holy man, lifting up his eyes and hands to heaven, said thus
aloud, in the transport of his fervour, "O Jesus, thou love of my soul,
succour us, I beseech thee, by those five wounds, which, for our sakes,
thou hast suffered on the cross!" At that instant the ship, which already
was sinking under water, raised herself aloft, without any visible
assistance, and gained the surface of the waves. The mariners, encouraged
by so manifest a miracle, so ordered the sails, that they had the wind in
poop, and pursued their course.

In the mean time the sloop was vanished out of sight, and no man doubted
but she was swallowed by the Waves. The captain lamented for his nephew,
the rest shed tears for their lost companions. As for the Father, his
greatest affliction was for two Mahometan slaves, whom he could not
convert to Christianity: he sighed in thinking of their deplorable
condition, but, in the midst of these anxious thoughts, entering into
himself, or rather wholly recollecting himself in God, it came into his
mind to intercede with Heaven for the protection of the sloop, in case it
were not already lost. In this he followed the inspiration of the Holy
Spirit, and his prayer was not yet ended when he perceived that it was
heard: insomuch, that turning towards Edward de Gama, who was oppressed
with sadness, "Afflict not yourself, my brother," said he with a cheerful
countenance; "before three days are ended, the daughter will come back
and find the mother." The captain was so buried in his grief, that he saw
too little probability in what the Father said, to found any strong
belief upon it; which notwithstanding, at break of day, he sent one up to
the scuttle, to see if any thing were within ken; but nothing was
discovered, saving the sea, which was still troubled and white with foam.
The Father, who had been in private at his devotions, came out two hours
after, with the same cheerfulness upon, his countenance; and having given
the good day to the captain and pilot, and six or seven Portuguese who
were in company, he enquired "if they had not yet seen the chalop?" they
answered they had not: and, because he desired that some one might again
get up to the scuttle, one of the Portuguese, called Pedro Veglio,
replied thus bluntly, "Yes, Father, the chalop will return, but not
until another be lost:" he meant that it was impossible