,
and the burden of its support should not be imposed on the treasury;
but, if one be founded, it should be in San Ignacio.

From a document of 1658 relating to the Inquisition we extract a
description of the Philippines, written in Mexico from data furnished
by the Jesuit Magino Sola. It outlines very briefly the government of
Manila, civil and ecclesiastical; mentions the convents, hospitals,
and other public institutions there; and enumerates the villages of
that archbishopric, with mention of the missions conducted therein
by the several orders. Similar information is given about the towns
and villages of the suffragan bishoprics; and the location, extent,
government, and missions of the principal islands in the archipelago,
including the Moluccas. At the end is a statement regarding the number
of commissaries of the Inquisition who are needed in the islands.

The Recollect historian Luis de Jesus relates in his Historia
(Madrid, 1681) the holy life and death (1646) of Isabel, a native
beata of Mindanao; and the foundation in 1647, in the City of Mexico,
of a hospice for the shelter and accommodation of the Recollects who
pass through that city on their way to Filipinas. The history of the
discalced Augustinians for the decade 1651-60 is found in the Historia
of Fray Diego de Santa Theresa (Barcelona, 1743), a continuation of
the work begun by Andres de San Nicolas and Luis de Jesus; such part as
relates to the Philippines is here presented (partly in synopsis). It
begins with the troubles of 1647 in the Recollect mission at Tandag, in
Mindanao, when its convent was destroyed by the military authorities,
as dangerous to the fort at that place in case the convent were
occupied by an invading enemy. Accusations against the Recollect
missionary there are sent to the king, who warns the provincial of that
order to see that his religious aid the civil government in keeping
the natives pacified. Santa Theresa here prints letters from the civil
and ecclesiastical authorities at Manila, praising in high terms the
Recollect missionaries in the islands and their great services in
all directions, and asking royal aid for them in their great poverty.
The life of Fray Pedro de San Joseph is sketched. In the village of
Linao, Mindanao, a revolt occurs (1651) among the natives, which is
related in detail; it arises from an order issued by Governor Faxardo
requisitioning from each of the islands a number of native carpenters
for