Volume 31 — Chapter LXX
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Father Fray Luis Gandullo, his entrance upon the religious life, and his coming to this province
(To be concluded.)
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · i.e., “The holy synod commands parish priests and other preachers to the Indians to instruct them often and earnestly in the doctrine of thiNote 2 · Francisco Blancas de San José was a native of Tarazona, and entered the Dominican order at Alcalá de Henares. He came to Manila with the misNote 3 · Jacinto de San Jerónimo came to the islands with the mission of 1604. The rest of his life was spent mainly in the missions of Cagayán; nearNote 4 · Probably referring to the expedition sent from Mexico early in 1559, to conquer Florida, under command of Tristan de Luna y Arellano; it incNote 5 · The sketch of Salazar’s life given in Reseña biográfica (i, pp. 35–49) states that he obtained permission to carry twenty religious with himNote 6 · i.e., “Reprove, entreat, rebuke, in all patience and doctrine.”Note 7 · Cantaro (from Latin, cantharus): the name of a large earthen or metal receptacle for liquids, hence for the amount contained in it; also, a Note 8 · Referring to the cultivation of their rice, usually in fields more or less under water.Note 9 · i.e., the fifth Sunday in Lent.Note 10 · These were Dominicans and Franciscans (Vol. IX, pp. 161, 172). One of the latter was named Gregorio da Cruz; a letter from him to DasmariñasNote 11 · See Morga’s account of this expedition and its results, in Vol. XV, pp. 78–89, 130–160, 187–190. Cf. letters sent from Manila to Camboja, anNote 12 · The island (and group) of Lubang, southwest of Manila; a dependency formerly of the province of Cavite, but now of Marinduque.Note 13 · Pulo Obi—that is, Obi Island; it lies near Cape Camâo (sometimes called Cambodia), the southernmost point of Cochinchina.Note 14 · It is difficult to identify this town with exactness, but it is probably the same as the modern Pnom-penh (Panomping) on the great river Me-Note 15 · That is, the usurper Anacaparan. According to Morga, he resided at Sistor, which probably was the modern Udong.Note 16 · Tiuman (Timoan, Timun) Island is off the eastern coast of the Malay peninsula; it is about ten miles long and five broad, and is a mass of rNote 17 · Pedro de Ledesma, although an old man when he came to the islands, lived until 1625, after having filled several offices in his order—mainlyNote 18 · For meaning of this title, see Vol. XV, p. 88.Note 19 · See Morga’s account of this expedition (Vol. XV, pp. 160–168). Another relation (unsigned) is presented in a MS. document conserved in the ANote 20 · According to the MS. mentioned in preceding note, this officer was Pedro de Beaztegui (probably for Verastegui).Note 21 · Spanish, Avia yo andado todas estas estaçiones: an allusion to the “stations” which represent, in a Roman Catholic church, the stages in ChrNote 22 · See Vol. XV, p. 206.Note 23 · Apparently meaning here, “the country of the Irrayas,” rather than the name of any distinct district. The Irrayas are in modern times a heatNote 24 · The Angatatan River, on which is situated the hamlet of Magaldan; it falls into Lingayén Gulf.Note 25 · Thus in Aduarte’s text, but misprinted for Guadaira. Alcala de Guadaira is a small town in the diocese of Sevilla.Note 26 · Prauncar, the son of Langara; he had been replaced on his throne by the Spanish adventurers. See Morga’s account of Joan de Mendoza’s expediNote 27 · According to Morga’s account, this friar was a Dominican.Note 28 · The Dominicans made their first establishment at the City of Mexico in 1526; nine years later, their houses were organized into the provinceNote 29 · i.e., “Christ became, for our sake, obedient even unto death.”Note 30 · Tomás Hernández was sent, soon after his arrival at Manila (1602), to the Japan mission; but at the end of four years he returned with brokeNote 31 · See list of these missionaries in Reseña biográfica, i, pp. 307–319. Thirty-one arrived at Manila, besides the two who died on the way.Note 32 · One of the year-periods used in Japanese chronology (see Vol. VIII, p. 263). The Keicho period is 1596–1615.Note 33 · All these priests became martyrs, except Hernandez; the fate of the lay brother is unknown.Note 34 · One of the Koshiki Islands, lying west of Satsuma, and belonging to that district.Note 35 · Konishi Yukinaga Tsu-no-Kami, a noted general, was converted in 1584, and took the name of Augustin. In 1592 he commanded the main army (comNote 36 · Owotomo Bungo-no-Kami (called Franciscus by the Jesuits), the most powerful feudal lord in Kiushiu, was one of the first daimiôs in Japan toNote 37 · This was a soldier named Joan Diaz (Vol. XV, pp. 189, 279). Cf. Morga’s account of this Dominican mission (Vol. XV, pp. 279, 280).Note 38 · Jerónimo de Belén, a Portuguese by birth, came in the mission of 1595, from Puebla de los Angeles, Mexico. He ministered at Bataán, Manila, Note 39 · Sketches of the lives of all these friars are given in Reseña biográfica, i, pp. 320–327.Note 40 · This friar came in 1604; he died at Nasiping, July 16, 1611.Note 41 · Pedro Muriel came to the islands in 1615, and was sent to the Cagayán missions, where he seems to have spent most of his remaining years. HeNote 42 · Itaves is a district south of central Cagayán, on the waters of the Rio Chico de Cagayan (or Bangag River). It has over 15,000 inhabitants, Note 43 · Juan de Naya spent most of his missionary life in Cagayán. Finally being ordered to Mexico, he died on the voyage thither, January 27, 1620.Note 44 · Andres de Haro, a native of Toledo, made his profession at Cuenca in 1613. He came to the Philippines in 1615, and spent more than forty yeaNote 45 · Apparently a reference to the Jesuit Alonso Sanchéz, who had gone in 1586 to Spain (see Vol. VI) as envoy from the various estates of the PhNote 46 · i.e., “Farewell in the Lord, beloved of my heart; may you fare well and happily forever.”Note 47 · This was Matsura Shigenobu Hô in, the daimiô of Hirado (Firando) and Iki. He succeeded his father in 1584, and died in 1614, at the age of sNote 48 · The same as bagacay or bacacae; see Vol. XVI, p. 55.Note 49 · Hizen is one of the most notable provinces of Japan, commercially and historically. Its chief city is Nagasaki, which about 1586 was wrestedNote 50 · Juan de San Jacinto made his profession in the Dominican convent at Salamanca, in 1594. He came to Manila in the mission of 1602, and ministNote 51 · Pedro de Santo Tomás came to the islands in the mission of 1602, and labored twenty years in the Cagayán missions—especially among the IrrayNote 52 · The Japanese custom of hara-kiri, or seppuku; see description Rein’s Japan, pp. 328, 329; cf. Griffis’s Mikado’s Empire, p. 221.Note 53 · The bonzes are the priests of the Buddhist temples; but they belong to various sects under the general appellation of Buddhism.Note 54 · This daimiô was Shimadzu Yoshihisa; he was commissioned to subjugate the Riu-Kiu Islands, which were then added to the province of Satsuma.Note 55 · i.e., Yamaguchi, in Nagato; the latter is the province at the southwest extremity of Hondo (or Nippon) Island, and lies opposite Kiushiu IslNote 56 · Father Organtinus (Sommervogel can find no distinctive Christian name) was born at Brescia in 1530, and entered the order in 1556. He set ouNote 57 · Takayama (called Justo Ukondono by the Jesuits) the governor of Akashi, in Harima; at Adzuchi-yama, on Lake Birva, he built a house and churNote 58 · Diego Carlos was a native of Guatemala, and made his profession at Puebla de los Angeles in 1592. Six years later, he came to the PhilippineNote 59 · Probably referring to the act of Villamanrique in sending to Spain ignominiously (1588) the Franciscan commissary Alonzo Ponce (Bancroft’s HNote 60 · [The events which happened in the case of this father are such as God rarely manifests, even in the case of those who are nearest to Him; an