eration with regard to us.' They assert this because they saw that
the last alcalde-mayor lifted his cane against father Fray Domingo
de San Agustin, and struck him while he was putting on his clerical
robes to say mass; and that the present alcalde-mayor treated the
religious with indignity even to the point of taking from them the
one who takes them their necessary support, so that they have had to
find for themselves the water that they drink. He has taken from them
the sacristans and other servants of the Church without leaving them
even anyone to aid them in the mass. He has forbidden the Indians to
enter the convent or to assist in any of the things to which they
are obliged. He has forbidden them to go out as they ought to the
visitas, and to confess, preach, and catechize. It is all directed
to the end that the Indians might not be busied in anything else
than in getting wax for the alcalde-mayor. Hence this is the source
and beginning of the troubles suffered by the poor Indians. They are
not only not permitted to make use of their natural right, but are
prevented from giving the due execution to his Majesty's orders, from
entering and going out, from trading and trafficking one with another,
and one village with another, for if they have anything to buy or to
sell, it must be entirely for the alcalde-mayor. These notices are
necessarily communicated in the lands of the infidels. Just consider,
your Reverence, what will be the condition of their minds, when
we try to reduce them to the knowledge of our good God, and to the
obedience of the king our sovereign. I have informed the governor in
regard to this, and since I do not expect any relief from his hand,
I entreat your Reverence to procure it from the royal piety with the
memorial and documents adjoined. If not we shall have to appeal to
God, for such troubles are of very frequent occurrence in various
parts of these islands. We never cease to wonder when we see some
Spaniards here who are so destitute of Christian considerations,
and so clothed in greed, God so permitting by His lofty judgments, in
exchange for the martyrdoms that are lacking to us religious in Japon."

832. We believe, although we are not altogether sure, that the suitable
relief was given on one and the other side, for in the following
years, we find that the Catholic faith made very extraordinary gains
in Calamianes. This is proved by the reestablishment of the ancient
convents and minis