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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 10 of 55 - 1597-1599 by Unknown
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Taikô-sama was a name adopted by Hideyoshi in 1591, when he made a
partial abdication of his power in favor of an adopted son. He died
in September, 1598.

[2] This confraternity was founded (1594) at Manila by a priest
named Juan Fernandez de León, who came to the islands in 1591. The
association was planned in imitation of that at Lisboa, and included
prominent members of all the orders, as well as secular persons. Its
first presiding officer was Luis Pérez Dasmariñas. In conjunction
with the Franciscans, the Confraternity of La Misericordia ("mercy")
administered the hospital for many years. See Santa Inés's _Crónica_,
ii, pp. 200-215.

[3] This was Fray Martin de León, according to Santa Inés (_Crónica_,
ii, p. 270).

[4] Food prepared from the sago-palm (see _Vol_. IV, p. 276).

[5] Husk of the cocoa-nut (Retana's edition of Zúñiga's _Estadismo_,
ii, p. 449*).

[6] _Ketchil_, a Malay word signifying "little, young;" hence a
young man of distinction, a son or brother of the Molucca princes:
in Amboina it is the designation of the heir-apparent. Marsden's
_Dictionary_, cited by Stanley, in his translation of Morga (Hakluyt
Soc. publications), p. 59.

[7] The salambao is a raft of reeds or bamboo; on which is erected an
apparatus not unlike the mast and yard of a square-rigged ship. To
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