r, with soldiers, mariners, and seamen.

The same father, Fray Andres, among the continual sermons, preached
a very fervent one on a certain day, and gave them to understand that
he would live but a short time, and that he was not to reach the land
of promise, for his faults and defects. That happened so, for not long
after, he fell sick, before sighting the islands called Ladrones. His
sickness increasing, when he was told that the islands were in sight,
he arose from his bed, and looking at them, through a porthole of his
cabin, immediately lay down again, saying, "Nunc moriar laetus." [33]
His weakness was already very great, and, as he had already received
the holy sacraments, and was in great resignation and joy of soul,
and all our fathers were present, he begged father Fray Joan de
San Geronimo to have the passion of Jesus Christ our Lord read to
him very slowly. That was done, in the manner that he desired. He,
holding an image of the same crucified Lord in his hands, broke
out into very glowing utterances of love, and shed many tears during
those moments. After the passion was finished--which lasted until near
dawn, on account of so many pauses--he begged pardon of all for his
omissions and neglect. He asked them to remember him in their masses
and prayers. They recited the penitential psalms and other prayers,
at the end of which, the sick man, very happy, conversed with his
brethren with great affability. He charged them to keep their vows
and the observance of the rules of the order. He persuaded them to
persevere steadfastly in their purpose, and to be mindful of the
zeal with which they had been ready to leave their fatherland for
the welfare and conservation of many souls. He encouraged them to
place their confidence in God, for His Sovereign Majesty had especial
providence and care over that small flock. Accordingly, they were
not to become disconsolate with the thought that they had no house
or convent in Philipinas, for already a lodging suitable for their
purposes was being prepared for them. He concluded by urging them
to commend their souls to Him, and then became very calm. All obeyed
him, surprised, and desirous of such a death; and, at the end of the
prayer, that chosen spirit went out in peace and quiet from the waves
and shipwrecks of this world, and reached the safe and calm harbor
of glory.

Upon beholding his death, one cannot imagine the grief of both
religious and laymen; for, venerating