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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 30 of 55, 1640: 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 centuryAduarte, Diego

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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 30 of 55, 1640: 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

Name: The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 30 of 55, 1640: 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
Author: Aduarte, Diego

Aduarte, Diego

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to that country with great boldness and frankness, declaring that they
had come to teach and to preach the true religion of the Christians in
that kingdom, and that in it only and in no other was salvation to be
found. When they said "teach," the judge without waiting for another
word replied, Bo ly, which in their language means, "You are wrong;"
and without further delay they were remanded to prison. The temple
being flooded, they were removed to a hut near the wall of the city,
where they suffered from want and were exposed to rain and wind. The
provincial was taken ill, and twice almost died. The Lord, however,
moved the heart of a rich and noble captain, who had been twice at
Manila, to give them a refuge in his house. Here they set up an altar
where they celebrated mass, the sacramental wine being miraculously
preserved. The two Chinamen who had brought them over were severely
punished. Don Thomas was about to be flogged, but at the intercession
of the religious, who begged that they might receive the punishment
in his place, he was spared this part of his chastisement, being
condemned for life to serve in the army--which is regarded in China as
a great dishonor, and brings with it much hardship. False charges were
brought against the religious, that they had come as Spanish spies;
and these charges were supported by false testimony and by forged
papers. Father Miguel, by the help of God, was enabled to write his
petitions in the court language of that country, to the great surprise
of the officials. Finally the judges set the religious free, commanding
them to depart from the realm, as foreigners. This they were obliged
to do after some days, feeling that their presence there would do
no good. The father provincial was greatly impressed by the dignity,
composure, sound judgment, and superior intelligence of the Chinese
magistrate. As he had seen the leading personages of both Españas,
and had been acquainted with the court of the prudent King Felipe,
he was qualified to form an opinion of the merits of this judge.]





CHAPTER XXX

Events in the province during the absence of the provincial in China

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