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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

Demarcation line of Alexander VI; Missions -- Philippines; Philippines -- Discovery and exploration; Philippines -- History -- Sources

Miguel Berreaça and Fray Juan de Ojeda, who all were priests. [22]
Fray Domingo Nieva, deacon, who also volunteered, was afterward of
great importance, because of the great ease and skill with which he
learned languages, whether Indian or Chinese. From the college of
San Gregorio in the same city, came to join them father Fray Andres
Almaguer. From the convent of San Estevan at Salamanca there offered
themselves for the expedition father Fray Alonso Ximenez (afterward
provincial), father Fray Bartolome Lopez, and father Fray Juan de
Hurutria [Urrutia, in Reseña]. From San Vicente at Plasencia came
father Fray Francisco de Toro; from the royal convent of Sancto Thomas
at Avila, father Fray Juan Cobo, [23] a master in the college there;
from the college of Sancto Thomas de Alcala, father Fray Bernardo
Navarro--who was twice provincial, and for many years commissary of
the holy Inquisition--father Fray Diego de Soria (afterward bishop
of Nueva Segovia), and the lay brother Fray Pedro Rodriguez. From the
convent of Nuestra Señora de la Peña de Francia [24] came father Fray
Alonso Delgado, who was sub-prior, and father Fray Pedro Bolaños,
[25] master of novices. From the convent of San Pablo de Sevilla
volunteered father Fray Juan de la Cruz, [26] and the fathers Fray
Francisco de la Cruz and Fray Pedro Flores. Father Juan succeeded in
obtaining a letter from the king to the governor of the Philippinas
Islands, dated September 20, 1585, endorsing his enterprise.

The religious set out from Castilla in May, 1586. Father Fray Juan
Chrisostomo, being too humble in spirit to undertake the leadership
of the company, resigned his position in favor of father Fray Juan
de Castro.]





CHAPTER IV

The experience of these first fathers up to the time of embarcation


[The fathers met with great difficulty in preparing for the
embarcation. After making arrangements for their passage, they found
the vessel so ill-suited for their purpose, that they were obliged
to annul the contract. They were left behind by the fleet with which
they were to sail, and endeavored to follow it with a small vessel;
but put back and finally obtained passage in a ship of fair size. As
this vessel was sailing alone, it was exposed to danger from the Moors
and the English. While the fathers were hesitating, the adelantado
of Castilla offered them a munificent support if they would remain
and give their attention to the spiritual good of his vassals. But
overcoming all these alarms and enticements, which were wiles of the
devil, the fathers courageously set sail.]





CHAPTER V

The voyage of the fathers

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