tion to both, and on the following day she died."

The remarkable case of three old men, of whom two were converted,
and the third, who was blind, refused. Chapter LIX.

The village of Leite, which the father here mentions, lies on the
banks of a very beautiful stream of the same name; which gives its
name to the whole island. The village lies at the very entrance of the
island, as one goes eastward from Manila, from which it is distant
about one hundred and thirty leguas. The distance between Carigara
and Leite is five leguas by land and ten by sea. The fathers usually
make the journey by sea, to avoid the fatigue of crossing on foot the
great mountain-ranges in that route. On the other side of Carigara,
proceeding along the coast of this island--which, as we have said,
runs east and west--there is another river, called Barugo, two leguas
distant; on its shore are many dwellings, which, being united in a
village, numbered three hundred houses (besides which there were many
others). Father Mattheo Sanchez repaired to the village of Barugo,
where at one haul he caught two of three fishes; the third remained
in spiritual and bodily darkness. As the incident is a notable one,
I shall relate it in the words of a letter from the same father, who
writes thus: "In the village of Barugo an event occurred by which
our Lord displayed to me the effects of His divine predestination,
and how _cujus vult miseretur, et quem vult indurat_. I was summoned
to baptize an old man who was very ill. Upon entering his house,
I found him in company with two other men, also very aged--one,
indeed, so old that he did not go from the house, nor could he even
walk. This last, hearing me instruct the sick man, began to exert
himself, and approached us by creeping across the floor. Then, with
remarkable attention, he began to listen; and, very opportunely, he
heard the catechism. Seeing the satisfaction which the old man and
his companion received from hearing the things of our holy faith,
I remained a long time, explaining it to them. When I had baptized
the sick man, the other began with eagerness and devotion to ask for
the sacrament, saying that he had faith in all that I had said, and
was desirous of salvation. He said that in no case ought I to leave
him without baptism, since his old age gave him not many more days
of life and those he wished to spend as a Christian; accordingly, I
baptized him. The third old man was blind; and all the