JERONIMO See also:

• LOBO, FRANCISCO RODRIGUES (?1575–?1627); Portuguese bucolic writer, a lineal descendant in the family of letters of Bernardim Ribeiro and Christovam Falcao. All we know of his life is that he was born of rich and noble parents at Leiria, and lived at ease
• JERONIMO LOBO (1593-1678)

LOBO (1593-1678)  , Jesuit missionary, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LISBON (Lisboa)

Lisbon, and entered the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

Order of Jesus at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of sixteen . In 1621 he was ordered as a missionary to See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, and in 1622 he arrived at See also:

• GOA

Goa . With the intention of proceeding to See also:

• ABYSSINIA (officially ETHIOPIA)

Abyssinia, whose See also:

• NEGUS

Negus (See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor) Segued had been converted to See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Catholicism by Pedro See also:

• PAEZ, JOSE ANTONIO (1790-1873)
• PAEZ, P
• PAEZ, PEDRO (1564-1622)

Paez, he See also:

• LEFT

left India in 1624 . He disembarked on the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• MOMBASA

Mombasa, and attempted to reach his destination through the Galla See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, but was forced to return . In 1625 he set out again, accompanied by .Mendez, the See also:

• PATRIARCH (M.E. and O. Fr. patriarche, Lat. patriarcha, Gr. aarpuipxtis, from srarptu., clan, and apxil, rule)

patriarch of See also:

• ETHIOPIA, or AETHIOPIA (Gr. AlOtoaia)

Ethiopia, and. eight missionaries . The party landed on the coast of the Red See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea, and See also:

• LOBO, FRANCISCO RODRIGUES (?1575–?1627); Portuguese bucolic writer, a lineal descendant in the family of letters of Bernardim Ribeiro and Christovam Falcao. All we know of his life is that he was born of rich and noble parents at Leiria, and lived at ease
• LOBO, JERONIMO (1593-1678)

Lobo settled in Abyssinia as See also:

• SUPERINTENDENT

superintendent of the See also:

• MISSIONS (Lat. missio, a sending)

missions in See also:

• TIGRE

Tigre . He remained there until See also:

• DEATH

death deprived the Catholics of their See also:

• PROTECTOR

protector, the emperor Segued . Forced by persecution to leave the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom, in 1634 Lobo and his companions See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell into the hands of the See also:

• TURKS

Turks at See also:

• MASSAWA, or MASSOWAII

Massawa, who sent him to India to procure a See also:

• RANSOM (from Lat. redemptio, through Fr. rancon)

ransom for his imprisoned See also:

• FELLOW

fellow-missionaries . In this he was successful, but could not induce the Portuguese See also:

• VICEROY (from O. Fr. viceroy, mod. viceroi, i.e. Lat. vice, in place of, and roy or roi, king)

viceroy to send an armament against Abyssinia . See also:

• INTENT (from Lat. intend ere, to stretch out, extend, particularly in the phrase intendere animum, to turn one's mind to, purpose)

Intent upon accomplishing this cherished project, he embarked for See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal, and after he had been See also:

• SHIP

ship-wrecked on the coast of See also:

• NATAL

Natal, and captured by pirates, arrived at Lisbon . Neither at this See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, however, nor at See also:

• MADRID

Madrid and See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, was any countenance given to Lobo's See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan . He accordingly returned to India in 164o, and was elected See also:

• RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector, and afterwards provincial, of the See also:

• JESUITS

Jesuits at Goa .

After some years he returned to his native city, and died there on the 29th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1678 . Lobo wrote an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of his travels in Portuguese, which appears never to have been printed, but is deposited in the monastery of St Roque, Lisbon . Balthazar Telles made large use of the See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information therein in his Historia geral da Ethiopia a Alta (See also:

• COIMBRA

Coimbra, 1660), often erroneously attributed to Lobo (see Machado's Bibliotheca Lusitana) . Lobo's own narrative was translated from a MS. copy into See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French in 1728 by the See also:

• ABBE (Serbo-Croatian Rai))

Abbe See also:

• JOACHIM, JOSEPH (1831—1907)

Joachim le See also:

• GRAND

Grand, under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of Voyage historique d'Abissinie . In 1669 a See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation by See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter Wyche of several passages from a MS. account of Lobo's travels was published by the Royal Society (translated in M . Thevenot's Relation See also:

• DES

des voyages in 1673) . An See also:

• ENGLISH

English abridgment of Le Grand's edition by Dr See also:

• JOHNSON, ANDREW
• JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
• JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
• JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
• JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
• JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
• JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
• JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
• JOHNSON, THOMAS

Johnson was published in 1735 (reprinted 1789) . In a Memoire justificatif en rehabilitation des peres See also:

• PIERRE

Pierre Paez et See also:

• JEROME, JEROME KLAPKA (1859– )
• JEROME, ST (HIERONYMUS, in full EUSEBIUS SOPHRONIUS HIERONYMUS) (c. 340–420)

Jerome Lobo, Dr C . T . See also:

• BEKE, CHARLES TILSTONE (1800-1874)

Beke maintains against See also:

• BRUCE
• BRUCE, ALEXANDER BALMAIN (1831-1899)
• BRUCE, JAMES (1930-1794)
• BRUCE, MICHAEL (1746-1767)

Bruce the accuracy of Lobo's statements as to the source of the Abai See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the See also:

• NILE
• NILE, BATTLE OF THE
• NILE, SOBAT

Nile . See A. de Backer, Bibliotheque de la Compagnie de Jesus (ed . C .

Sommervogel, iv., 1893) .