ey were put in the
prison of that city, where they remained until the third of December,
without knowing in the meantime what the governor intended to do.

"Twice during this time the governor ordered our Father Antonio
Yxida to be brought to his house, and although he did not find him
the first time, he, with a servant of his named Saitogonnay (who was
considered an unusually learned man in the Juto [92] sect), asked him
very affectionately that at any rate he would abandon the faith of
Christ and adopt one of the religions of Japon; and if for any reason
he did not wish to abandon at present the one which he followed, at
least he should show himself neutral, neither abandoning nor following
it. And, in order that the father might deliberate over all this,
he would give him one more year of hope; and when this was passed,
he should make known to the governor his final decision. The father
answered him that his decision was, as it had been and always would be,
to follow and confess always the faith of God, and for this no time
was necessary to deliberate in this affair; for he would always find
in him the same resolution and the same response, howsoever much time
be should give him for respite. The father added that the governor
might immediately do that which he had determined to do at the end
of the said year; for the response which he would then have to give
was the same as what he gave at present, nor would he ever accept
the alternative proposed.

"This counsel being refused, the learned man set about convincing
him by argument, attempting to prove that the Tayquio was the same,
and that the Juto sect was based upon, and regarded as the beginning
of all things, the God which we Christians adore. Wherefore, as the
question was one of names, and not of substance, the two faiths were
in accord, and that he should conform to the words also of the Juto
sect. Easily and clearly the father showed him the difference between
the one sect and he other, and in what each consisted; and convinced
him in such wise that the ignorant learned man had no other refuge
but to fall back on his reason--saying that it was indeed as the
father declared, but that reason dictated that he should follow and
obey the mandate of the emperor, whose vassal he was, and abandon the
faith of God, at least outwardly, following in his heart whatever he
pleased. 'Neither the faith which I profess,' answered the father, 'nor
pure reason itself, will c