Jesus, Apostle of the Indies, and of Japan, ... 1
Dedication to the Queen, ................... 3
The Author's Advertisement to the Reader, .. 8
Book I ..................................... 14
Book II .................................... 59
Book III ................................... 116
Book IV .................................... 191
Book V ..................................... 288
Book VI .................................... 408




THE LIFE OF ST FRANCIS XAVIER,

OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS,

APOSTLE OF THE INDIES, AND OF JAPAN.




TO THE QUEEN.[1]


MADAM,

The reverend author of this life, in his dedication to his Most Christian
Majesty, affirms, that France was owing for him to the intercession of St
Francis Xavier. That Anne of Austria, his mother, after twenty years of