o, another in Masinloc, and the third in Marivelez--with
the exception of that of Cigayan, which was destroyed. But now two
new convents were established, which were necessary for the greater
convenience of the spiritual administration--one in Paynaven, under
the title of Nuestro Padre San Agustin, to which were assigned three
annexes or visitas; a second in Bagac with the advocacy of Our Lady
of the Pillar of Zaragoza (which was moved to Morong some years later
under the same title), and to it were assigned three other villages as
visitas. All the above was completely accomplished in the year 1670,
with which this history is concerned. That year can be marked by a
white stone by that holy province and indeed by our whole Recollect
congregation, because of the so great progress that was obtained in
the propagation of the faith, the only aim to which their desires were
expended. Next to God, successes so happy are due to the tenacity with
which these zealous missionaries worked, for they trampled all dangers
under foot, and to the good arrangements and holy wisdom of the father
provincial, Fray Christoval de Santa Monica, as well as to the zeal,
courage, and care of his vicar, father Fray Joseph de la Trinidad.

404. In order to conclude this matter we must add that the same
activity proceeded in the immediate years with equal fruit. For,
as in the chapter of 1671, father Fray Joseph de la Trinidad was
elected definitor, he besought the father provincial, Fray Juan de
San Phelipe, very urgently, to allow him to make a mission to the
Zambales Mountains. Permission having been obtained, he went to the
convent of Paynaven and gave a new beginning to the conquest on the
side toward Babayan with results so favorable that he tamed the wild
and inhuman hearts of many Zimarrones and heathens. Hence, during the
three years of his definitorship the recently-created villages were
greatly increased by a considerable number of souls who were allured
from the mountains and brought into the Church. As payment for this
service, and in consideration of his many merits, he was elected
provincial in the chapter celebrated in the year 1674. The first care
of his successful government was to see that those missions should be
kept up. He sent two of the best religious to continue that undertaking
and finished the leveling of so impenetrable and rough thickets.

405. Those laborers (whose names will be written in the book of life,
since, due