at those islands in 1658. Destined for
the instruction of the Chinese he was sent to the Chinese missions
as soon as he had mastered the language. His two years in China were
years of continual suffering, imprisonment, and torment. Recalled,
although against his will, to become procurator for his province in
Madrid and Rome, and to act as definitor in the general chapter, he
gave up his mission work. Always of a humble and obedient disposition,
when he was ordered to return immediately to Spain on one occasion
after he had just conducted a mission to Mexico, he obeyed without
hesitation, but he had scarcely reached the convent at Sevilla,
when he died, December 2, 1671. At the chapter held at Rome 1668,
he petitioned the beatification of the Japanese martyrs. See Resena
biografica, ii, pp. 1-3.

[13] A sidenote in the original at this point refers to the Chronicas
of San Antonio, i, book i, chapter xvii.

[14] A sidenote of the original reads: "All this appears from Father
Fray Juan Francisco de San Antonio, ut supra, book ii, chapter xviii,
folio 364, and chapter xix, folio 372."

[15] A sidenote of the original refers to San Antonio, i, book i,
chapter lv, folio 220, and chapter lvii, folio 224.

[16] So called perhaps from the long robe probably worn by women who
were allowed to take partial vows.

[17] A sidenote at this point refers to Father Nieremberg's Oculta y
curiosa philosophia, last treatise, folio 431. This book is rightly
named Curiosa y oculta filosofia, and was published in two parts in
Madrid, 1643. Juan Eusebio Nieremberg was born in Madrid either in 1590
or 1595. His father was a Tyrolese, and his mother a Bavarian. Educated
at the university at Salamanca, he took the Jesuit habit in the same
city in 1614. He became known for his learning and ability and for
fourteen years filled the chair of natural history at the royal
school at Madrid, and for three years after that lectured on the
scriptures. At the same time he was held in high esteem as a confessor,
and was solicited by many prominent people as such. In 1642, he gave up
teaching entirely because of an attack of paralysis. His death occurred
at Madrid, April 7, 1658. He was the author of many works in Spanish
and Latin, some of which have been translated into French and Arabic,
and other languages. See Rose's New General Biographical Dictionary,
and Hoefer's Nouvelle Biographie generale.

[18] Sidenotes at this point in the original refer