tain peace and commerce with the Spaniards--for which purpose
they sent him again to Manila, as here narrated. In 1664 a persecution
arose in China, and the missionaries were summoned to Peking. Fearing
to obey, as he had been on Kue-sing's side, Ricci fled to Formosa, and
afterward (March, 1666) returned to Manila--where he was imprisoned
for some time. Afterward he held various important offices in his
order, and aided in the compilation of Santa Cruz's continuation
of Aduarte's history. He died at the Parian, February 17, 1685. See
Resena biografica, ii, pp. 461-464.

[43] The letter of Kue-sing, and the governor's reply, may be found
in Diaz's Conquistas, pp. 625, 626, 629-631; and Murillo Velarde's
Hist. de Philipinas, fol. 271, 274.

[44] The order to abandon Zamboanga arrived there on June 19, 1662;
but this was not accomplished until April, 1663. The commandant of
this fort at that time was Fernando de Bobadilla. Paquian Bactial,
king of Jolo, as soon as he heard of the proposed abandonment, plotted
to kill all the Spaniards in Zamboanga, and make it his own capital;
he asked Corralat to aid in this enterprise, but the latter refused
to break his peace with the Spaniards. Royal decrees at various times
ordered that fort to be again occupied; but this was not done until
1718, under the rule of Governor Bustamente. (See Murillo Velarde's
Hist. de Philipinas, fol. 275, 276.)

[45] Probably thus named from the tree called talisay (Terminalia
catappa), as perhaps constructed from its wood. Its bark is used for
dyeing; and its seeds are edible, resembling almonds. See Blanco's
Flora (ed. 1845), p. 264; and Official Handbook of Philippines,
pp. 309, 356.

[46] Referring to the Dominican Riccio, who with the title of mandarin
had brought Kue-sing's message.

[47] "From the cattle-herds on the ranches, and other men who were
skilful in managing horses, he formed a cavalry troop of 400 men,
in command of Don Francisco de Figueroa" (Murillo Velarde, Hist. de
Philipinas, fol. 273).

[48] Jose de Madrid, a native of Cebu, was a student and later a
teacher, in the college of Santo Tomas at Manila, having entered the
Dominican order in 1646. He went to China, but, fearing to lose his
life, returned to Manila, only to die, as here related, at the hands
of the Chinese (May 25, 1662).

[49] These were Malays who had accompanied the Spaniards from Ternate,
where they formed a village, their name meaning "free people"
(Pa