talk of revolt. The year 1630 is unusually stormy, and all the ships
on the Acapulco route suffer disasters and loss of life. Religious
are unwilling to risk their lives in crossing the Pacific, and the
missions in the islands suffer accordingly. A ship built at Cavite
is so poorly constructed that it partially capsizes at the time of
setting sail, by which great loss of property and life ensues. Medina
is so fortunate as to escape to shore--one of many like deliverances,
which he proceeds to recount, as also a miracle performed by the
"Santo Niño" at Cebú.

The persecutions in Japan still continue, yet religious go thither in
disguise, at the risk of death. An expedition is sent out from Manila
to capture any Dutch vessels that may be encountered on the coasts
of Siam and Camboja. Their destruction of a Japanese junk occasions
various embassies between the Philippines and Japan--the last of these
in 1631, desiring to resume trade between those countries. This and
some other occurrences in that year seem to have been added later
by Medina to his manuscript, which purports to have been written in
1630. In 1629 an expedition is fitted out by the religious orders to
send missionaries to Japan, but it proves a failure. The canonization
of Japanese martyrs is the occasion for magnificent spectacles
in Manila--processions, dances, comedies, etc. Irritated by harsh
treatment from an arrogant Spanish officer, the Indians of Caragán
revolt, killing the Spaniards, among whom are several missionaries;
but troops from Cebú are sent there, and quell the rising.

Resuming the miscellaneous documents of that period, letters are sent
to Manila (December, 1630) by the king regarding various matters that
have been referred to him. Felipe orders that certain offices shall
be sold; that the natives must pay at least part of their tributes