ambal archers in the Spanish
army. He served in various capacities, among them being the office
of definitor. His death occurred in 1652.]

[Chapter vii treats of the lives of Onofre de la Madre de Dios and
Augustin de San Pedro, the famous "Padre Capitan." The first was the
son of Joseph Boquet, and was born in Perpinan in 1584, and professed
in the convent of Zaragoza, March 16, 1606. Joining the Philippine
mission, he reached those islands in 1620, where he was immediately
sent to the new missions in the south of the archipelago, with the
appointment of prior of Cebu. In 1624 he was elected first provincial
of the order in the Philippines, serving in that office for two years,
during which time he visited his province at the risk of capture from
both Dutch and Moros. After the expiration of his term he asked and
obtained permission to go to the Calamianes, and worked faithfully
in the island of Culion, where he mastered the language. In 1627 he
was sent to Spain as procurator, but did not return thence, as he
was elected provincial of the province of Aragon. His death occurred
in the convent of Calatayud in Spain, in 1638 (reported wrongly to
have occurred at Barcelona in 1653, as he was confused with another
religious of the same name). "Padre Capitan," the son of Miguel
Rodriguez, was born in Berganza, Portugal, and professed in Valladolid,
in 1619. Arriving at the Philippines in 1623, he was speedily sent to
the Caraga missions, where he labored for the rest of his life in the
conversion of its natives, and in defending them from the inroads of
the Moros. He was many times prior of Butuan, Cagayang, Linao, Tandag,
and Romblon. In Mindanao he personally baptized more than 10,000
adults. His death occurred in 1653, and he left behind a name long
revered among the natives because of his prowess. The seventh section
of this chapter is an answer to Father Combes of the Jesuit Society
(who had tried to belittle the efforts of the Recollects in Mindanao),
in which the good work that the Recollects have accomplished is shown.]

BOOK SECOND OF THE SEVENTH DECADE

CHAPTER II

The attempt is made in Philipinas to subject the religious who are
parish priests to the visitation of the bishops.

Sec. I

Relation of the practice that has always been followed in the spiritual
administration of the islands; and what happened when the attempt
was made to change it.

Year 1656

[In 1654 the first mutter