CHAPTER IV_The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 30 of 55, 1640 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, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century

The experience of these first fathers up to the time of embarcation

[The fathers met with great difficulty in preparing for the

embarcation. After making arrangements for their passage, they found

the vessel so ill-suited for their purpose, that they were obliged

to annul the contract. They were left behind by the fleet with which

they were to sail, and endeavored to follow it with a small vessel;

but put back and finally obtained passage in a ship of fair size. As

this vessel was sailing alone, it was exposed to danger from the Moors

and the English. While the fathers were hesitating, the adelantado

of Castilla offered them a munificent support if they would remain

and give their attention to the spiritual good of his vassals. But

overcoming all these alarms and enticements, which were wiles of the

devil, the fathers courageously set sail.]

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