The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898. Volume 19 of 55

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Unknown. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898. Volume 19 of 55

Preface

Documents of 1620

Reforms Needed in the Filipinas (concluded)

Aid against the Dutch requested

Treatise on the navigation of Filipinas, reduced to four chapters

Letter from Francisco de Otaço, S.J., to Father Alonso de Escovar

Decree Ordering Reforms in the Friars’ Treatment of the Indians

Relation of Events in the Philipinas Islands and Neighboring Provinces and Kingdoms, from July, 1619, to July, 1620

Of Great China

Of the Kingdoms of Japon

Of the Islands of Maluco

Of Eastern India

Of these Filipinas Islands

Compulsory Service by the Indians

Letter from the Audiencia of Manila to Felipe III

Letter from Fajardo to Felipe III

Letter from Felipe III to Fajardo

Memorial, y Relacion para sv Magestad

Memorial and Relation of the Filipinas

Part First

Chapter VII. Of the government of Don Juan de Silva, and events with the Dutch

Chapter VIII. Of the opposition to Don Juan de Silva from all the city, and the opportunity that he lost by not taking the advice that they gave him

Chapter IX. Of the coming of the Dutch to Manila in search of Don Juan de Silva

Chapter X. Of the result obtained by the coming of the Dutch to the Filpinas Islands and the city of Manila

Part Second, Which Treats of the Importance of the Filipinas and of the Means for Preserving Them

Chapter I. Of the importance to your Majesty of preserving that country

Chapter II. Wherein those are answered who believe that the Filipinas should be abandoned, or traded to the crown of Portugal for Brazil

Chapter III. How the city of Manila at present bears the burden of all this structure

Chapter IV. Explains the error which is generally prevalent that the money for the reënforcements which your Majesty sends to the Filipinas, and other things, is spent for their maintenance; and of the resources which they possess available (if it were not for Maluco) for their own maintenance

Chapter V. That your Majesty possesses in the Filipinas enormous wealth, even with the little effort made to realize it

Chapter VI. Of the persons who are needed in the government of the Filipinas

Chapter VII. Of the measures which should be chosen for the growth and preservation of that kingdom

Part Third. Wherein is Given Information of Other Matters Concerning the Filipinas, the Islands of Maluco, and Others of the Archipelago; of Their Riches, and of the Forts and Factories Which the Dutch Hold; and of the Wealth Which is At Present Secured from Them

Chapter I. Of the prelates and their districts in the islands, and of certain curious things

Chapter II. Of the ministers and religious instruction in the islands, and those who have been converted to our holy Catholic faith, and those who pay tribute

Chapter III. Of the islands of Maluco, and others adjacent to them; and of the spice and other articles that are contained in them

Chapter IV. Wherein are considered the riches of the spice trade of these Malucas Islands and the others

Chapter V. Of the expense incurred by your Majesty to maintain the fortified posts of Tidore and Terrenate in the Malucas Islands

Bibliographical Data

Appendix: Buying and Selling Prices of Oriental Products

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• Reforms needed in the Filipinas (concluded). Hernando de los Rios Coronel; [1619–20].

• Letter to Alonso de Escovar. Francisco de Otaço, S.J.; January 14.

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The above-mentioned father provincial is a strong pillar in Japon, and an excellent interpreter. He is director of the Christian community there, by virtue of a brief from his Holiness, which arrived last year, and in which, it is ordered that in default of a bishop in japon the provincial of the Society who may be in office at the time shall rule that bishopric and Christian community. Therefore, although the bishop has come; the provincial has governed up to the present time, and continues to govern, because, as I have said, conditions in Japon do not admit of the bishop’s going there, since it is feared that the situation may be aggravated and persecution increased thereby. Consequently his Lordship is now in Macan.

About two years ago our father general appointed Father Francisco Vieira as visitor of Japon. He is a man already past sixty, and, indeed, is nearing seventy; but in spite of this he is so vigorous that when the persecution was at its height he, with great courage, went from Macan to Japon. He was often in imminent danger of being imprisoned. He took refuge in Canzuça, a place in the lands of Arima, where he abode in a hut of straw. Here, on account of the hardships he endured, he was frequently attacked by a kidney disease which caused him great pain. Once he had so violent an attack that he sent in great haste to get holy oil in order that he might take the holy sacrament. Again the same disease, accompanied by a severe pain above the heart, attacked him with such violence that he could scarcely breathe. So he determined that extreme unction should be administered to him; but, remembering that he had a written signature of our holy father, he placed it with great devotion over his heart and commended himself to the saint12—through whose merits the Lord caused the pain to be assuaged within an hour, and he became entirely well. From Canzuca the father visitor went to Nangasaqui, to take ship to return to Macan. He was kindly received, and with due precaution taken into the house of a certain Portuguese. But still he ran great risk of being imprisoned by the servants of the heathen president, who were searching for another religious, named Fray Bartholome Gutierrez, of the Order of San Agustin, who was wearing the Spanish dress. They suddenly entered three Portuguese houses, and the father visitor scarcely had time to retire from one house to another. In short, the labors and dangers that he suffered in Japon were great. But they had no power to turn him from so glorious an undertaking until he had been there fourteen months. During that time he had visited all the Christians and all the posts that are ordinarily visited during times of peace. He had to visit Macan, where most of our fathers were taking refuge from the persecution; the missions of Cochin China, and of China, where there was also persecution, were likewise under his charge. Moreover, the bishop of Japon and the two procurators of China and Japon, who were returning from Rome, had arrived at Macan. For all these and other reasons he was obliged to leave Japon with great grief in his heart, and even with copious tears. Accordingly, on the twenty-sixth of October, 619, he embarked in a patache which went as flagship of five galeotas. He finally reached Macan, where, a few days after, on Christmas eve, he died. Father Geronimo Rodriguez, who was there, and who had been appointed by our father general in the private assignment, succeeded him in office.

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