he
confessor of the governor Sabiniano Manrique de Lara) until December,
1655. At that time his health giving out because of an accident,
he went with the then father provincial, father Fray Francisco de
San Joseph, to the convent at Bolinao in the Zambal district, leaving
behind with the governor a folio MS. book which he had written during
the preceding two years entitled Governador Christiano, entre Neophitos
(Christian governor among neophytes), for spiritual guidance in all
sorts of matters. In Bolinao, the change of climate and work restored
the father's health in a short time, but he remained in that place
until the new provincial chapter in Manila. At that chapter he was
chosen prior of the Manila convent against his wishes. Again in 1658
ill health compelled him to go to Bolinao, where he remained this time
four years. His efforts to keep the natives there quiet during the
times of the insurrections were of great fruit. He labored zealously
in that district even visiting the schools in addition to the regular
duties of a missionary. He received a number of devout women into the
tertiary branch of the order. He was untiring in his efforts for both
the spiritual and corporal good of his charges.]

Sec. V

Father Fray Juan de la Madre de Dios founds a village of Indians,
converted by dint of his zeal. He is elected definitor and retires
from the commerce of men to adorn himself with the perfection of
his virtues.

... 984. In a site called Cacaguayanan which means "the place
of many bamboos," six leguas or so from Bolinao there were for
years back a not small number of Indians, who had fled from the
surrounding villages, and who are there called Zimarrones. They
having abandoned in its entirety the faith which they had received
at baptism, and accompanied by many heathen, not only rendered
vain the attempts of mildness and of force which had several times
been practiced to reduce them to a Christian and civilized life,
but either by declared war, or by means of skilful cunning, did not
cease to cause constant depredations in the Catholic villages which
were subject to Spanish dominion. So true is the statement contained
in various parts of this history, that our ministers of Philipinas,
although they dwell in mission fields already formed, go forth to
living war against infidelity, and although the Christianity of
Zambales was the first one converted by our discalced order, even
there our religious have n