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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 35, 1640-1649: 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

History

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 35, 1640-1649: 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

In the year nineteen or twenty his Majesty sent a goodly reënforcement
of men and money to this kingdom by his general Don [blank space in
MS.] de Huesola. That aid was lost on leaving Cádiz. [101] In all
of the galleons were sailing our religious, who had been assigned
as chaplains. Father Fray Juan de Noves, with another priest, and a
lay-brother, Fray Joseph de los Santos, took passage in the galleon San
Joseph. That galleon was wrecked on the coast, as were the others. Its
captain and pilot retired to the stern, which is the highest part
of the vessel. They had the religious summoned who were down below,
hearing confessions on the quarterdeck. Father Fray Juan de Noves
answered that he could not go, for they were confessing the people,
and that they could not leave all those men without consolation. The
lay-brother went, since he was not a confessor, and was saved, with
those who were at the stern. The two religious who were confessors
were lost, on account of hearing confessions, with the others who
were below decks. Most extraordinary was the zeal displayed in this
by father Fray Andrés de Puertollano. [102] Returning to España as
custodian of this province, he embarked at Vera Cruz in the almiranta
of the fleet. That vessel was lost in a storm on some hidden rocks,
and was beached. The admiral went in his falúa with what Spaniards
he could take, and father Fray Andrés embarked with him. When the
poor wretches who were left behind in the wrecked galleon saw father
Fray Andrés in the falúa, they commenced to cry out, saying: "Father
Fray Andrés, why do you leave us in these troubles?" The religious,
overmastered by impulse, sprang into the water without saying
anything; and went to the galleon to confess those poor wretches,
where he perished with the others. Reverend Father Fray Juan de Prado,
then commissary-general of the order in México, advised this province
of that event. His most reverent Paternity adds in his letter that
he also had been advised, in the report made to him of the matter,
that the men aboard of the falúa saw father Fray Andrés walk upon
the water when returning to the ship, just as if he were upon the
land. The truth is, as we all know, that father Fray Andrés could
not swim; and even had he known how, he would have swum but ill, clad
in a habit of sackcloth so voluminous as that worn by the discalced
religious. May His Divine Majesty be pleased by it all, and may He
give us His holy Spirit so that we may all serve and praise Him!

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History

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 35, 1640-1649: 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

In the year nineteen or twenty his Majesty sent a goodly reënforcement
of men and money to this kingdom by his general Don [blank space in
MS.] de Huesola. That aid was lost on leaving Cádiz. [101] In all
of the galleons were sailing our religious, who had been assigned
as chaplains. Father Fray Juan de Noves, with another priest, and a
lay-brother, Fray Joseph de los Santos, took passage in the galleon San
Joseph. That galleon was wrecked on the coast, as were the others. Its
captain and pilot retired to the stern, which is the highest part
of the vessel. They had the religious summoned who were down below,
hearing confessions on the quarterdeck. Father Fray Juan de Noves
answered that he could not go, for they were confessing the people,
and that they could not leave all those men without consolation. The
lay-brother went, since he was not a confessor, and was saved, with
those who were at the stern. The two religious who were confessors
were lost, on account of hearing confessions, with the others who
were below decks. Most extraordinary was the zeal displayed in this
by father Fray Andrés de Puertollano. [102] Returning to España as
custodian of this province, he embarked at Vera Cruz in the almiranta
of the fleet. That vessel was lost in a storm on some hidden rocks,
and was beached. The admiral went in his falúa with what Spaniards
he could take, and father Fray Andrés embarked with him. When the
poor wretches who were left behind in the wrecked galleon saw father
Fray Andrés in the falúa, they commenced to cry out, saying: "Father
Fray Andrés, why do you leave us in these troubles?" The religious,
overmastered by impulse, sprang into the water without saying
anything; and went to the galleon to confess those poor wretches,
where he perished with the others. Reverend Father Fray Juan de Prado,
then commissary-general of the order in México, advised this province
of that event. His most reverent Paternity adds in his letter that
he also had been advised, in the report made to him of the matter,
that the men aboard of the falúa saw father Fray Andrés walk upon
the water when returning to the ship, just as if he were upon the
land. The truth is, as we all know, that father Fray Andrés could
not swim; and even had he known how, he would have swum but ill, clad
in a habit of sackcloth so voluminous as that worn by the discalced
religious. May His Divine Majesty be pleased by it all, and may He
give us His holy Spirit so that we may all serve and praise Him!

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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