He not only readily agreed to this, but earnestly begged for the habit of the order; and he wore it--in such manner as he could, since he was going to preach in Japon--for more than a year; he professed and suffered, as has been described. May the Lord give us for the merits and intercession of these glorious martyrs, [73] and of all the other holy martyrs and confessors who have been in this province, something of the divine grace which made them such as they were. Thus, as up to this time the present members of the province have not belied the holy beginnings with which it was established, but rather seem to perfect themselves with each new increase, so may we not fall off in the future; but may our love toward God and our fellow-men, and our devotion to the rule of our order, forever preserve the perfection which has been found hitherto in the sons of the province, to the glory of the Author of all good, who is the same Lord God to whom belongs all glory forever and ever. Amen. After the fifty years of this history were completed, there came the following letter from his Majesty, which settled the matter which had disturbed the religious of this province and kept them in affliction. This letter was received, as has been said in the history, without any representation from the province having come to the royal ears; hence it is a most certain proof that it was given by the special providence of the Lord, and by the aid of our great patroness the Virgin Mother; and that it is worthy to be placed as a conclusion to this history. Letter written by his Majesty to the venerable and devout father provincial of the Order of St. Dominic of the Philipinas Islands. (Copied faithfully from the original.)