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Excerpt from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803, Vol. 19: Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts; 1620-1621
A letter from Francisco de Otago, s.j. (january 14, mentions various arrangements for the despatch of more missionaries to the islands, and laments the recent loss of a ¿eet sent to the aid of the Philippine colony. A royal decree of May 29 in the same year orders the governor and Audiencia to correct the religious who have levied on the Indians exactions of forced service.
The Jesuit chronicler of events in 1619 continues the record for the year ending July, 1620. Some account of the war waged by the Chinese and the Tartars is given. The persecution of the Christians in China has slackened, and the authorities of that country are more favorable to the Jesuit missionaries there. But in Japan the persecution continues, and the college at Macao is crowded with Jesuits who are disappointed in their efforts to enter Japan. Let ters from Jesuits in that country enumerate many martyrdoms, of both missionaries and their converts.
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