dvised the governors of
the first two places, and there those whom the talebearer had given
in the list were taken prisoners--among them Brother Juan Yama, of
our Society, who was one whom I had catechized and baptized. Thus
far we have not learned whether they have been martyred or not.

"The governors of Tacacu sent the same information regarding Paulo,
who, although he was not in that city, was so diligently sought after
that they succeeded in arresting him; and some time afterward he,
with his wife Maria and four sons, suffered martyrdom. This led to
a furious persecution, not only in Oxu, but likewise in other parts
of the country, and in the cities of Cami, Meaco, Fugimi, Ojaca,
and Sacay. The cruelty of the tyrant reached such a point that he
sent this year, as exiles to Manilla, even the infirm and leprous
Christians of the before-mentioned cities of Cami; and already more
than ninety of them are at Nangasaqui, awaiting the monsoon, and
others are expected to go. With this, under the holy benediction of
your Reverence, etc. March 22, 1632.

_Christoval Ferreyra_"

From Japon we pass on to China, where the state of Christianity has
been more quiet, and where it is very prosperous. The Society is
established in eight provinces and eleven cities, and, if it were
not for the lack of workers, it would he extended much farther,
and with great results. At present there are in the whole of China
seventeen priests and a few brothers-coadjutor, who are all laboring
with praiseworthy zeal for the conversion of this great kingdom
of China. May the Lord prosper and protect your Reverence as I
desire. Manila, July 2, 1632.

[Another copy of this document, in the same collection (to. 114,
no. 401), adds the following matter as a postscript, dated July 6,
1632:]

The emperor of Japan is dead; [97] so is the king of Arima,
who had intended to come to attack Manila. It is said that his
death was most horrible, and that he caused his servants to put
him to death with clubs, after having scalded him with the water
with which he had tormented the martyrs. All say that this was
plainly a punishment for his tyrannous acts; and that he is paying
for them in hell--whence issued demons in the form of foxes, who
went dancing before his carriage or litter when he returned from
Nangasaqui [_words illegible_] ambassadors, spies sent to Manila,
Father Miguel Matruda, of the Society. These ambassadors--who came as
envoys in behalf