The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 13 of 55: 1604-1605; Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of The Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century
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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 13 of 55: 1604-1605; Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of The Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century
Demarcation line of Alexander VI; Missions -- Philippines; Philippines -- Discovery and exploration; Philippines -- History -- Sources
While one of our brethren was sojourning in an Indian village far from
that city [of Manila], two incidents occurred whereby was seen and
manifested the supernatural virtue of the holy _Agnus Dei_, so famed
for many other great miracles. Two women were quarreling, as is usual
among barbarians and vulgar people. One of them was a famous witch,
and in anger and passion she threatened the other woman with summary
vengeance through her charms. She went home; and the poor Indian
woman, entering her own house without fear of evil, was seized with
a violent trembling throughout her body. In this paroxysm she arose
from her husband's side while they were eating their food and fought
desperately to throw herself down from the window. The husband ran,
in his consternation, to save her, and called loudly to his neighbors
for help. Three persons ran to her, and were hardly able to hold
her. Our brother sent to ascertain what this disturbance meant, and
when he learned what had happened he called the husband and gave him
a little piece of the _Agnus_ in a reliquary, exhorting him at the
same time to have faith, and promising that his wife would soon be
healed. Then, upon his knees, the brother prayed our Lord to deign
to grant his request, for the greater strengthening of the faith
of those new Christians. The husband went home with the _Agnus_,
and no sooner had he applied it to his wife, than she was freed of
the trembling and terror and remained quite calm. This occurrence
soon became public, and another Indian, who had been bewitched by
the same Indian woman, on seeing this marvel was convinced that God
granted health to those who invoked Him; accordingly, he asked for
the same relic, and the result was conformable to his faith. Thus the
people were confirmed in their faith, and grateful for the benefits
received from the bounteous hand of the Lord.
The number of villages in the mission of Taitai, and the events
therein of the year MDCII. Chapter LXXVIII.
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