I have relied entirely upon Catholic authors, and have not thought it worth while to consult any Protestant author.

The illustration of the miracle of the crucifix and the crab in its final form is given in La Devotion de Dix Vendredis a l'Honneur de St.
Francois Xavier, Bruxelles, 1699, Fig.

24: the pious crab is represented as presenting the crucifix by which a journey of forty leagues he has brought from the depths of the ocean to Xavier, who walks upon the shore.

The book is in the Cornell University Library.

For the letter of King John to Barreto, see Leon Pages's Lettres de Francois Xavier, Paris, 1855, vol.ii, p.465.For the miracle among the Badages, compare Tursellinus, lib.