[4] Luis Sotelo, belonging to an illustrious family of Sevilla, made his profession as a Franciscan in 1594.  Joining the Philippine mission, he reached the islands in 1600; and he spent the next two years in ministering to the Japanese near Manila, and in the study of their language.  In 1600 he went to Japan, where he zealously engaged in missionary labors.  Ten years later, he was sentenced to death for preaching the Christian religion; but was freed from this danger by Mazamune, king of Boxu, who sent the Franciscan as his ambassador to Rome and Madrid.  Returning from this mission, Sotelo arrived in the Philippines in 1618, and four years later resumed his missionary labors in Japan.  In 1622 he was again imprisoned for preaching, and was confined at Omura for two years, during which time he wrote several works, in both the Spanish and Japanese languages.  Sotelo was finally burned at the stake in Omura, August 25, 1624.  See Huerta’s Estado, pp. 392-394.

[5] The present towns of San Nicolas, San Fernando, etc., lying between Binondo and the sea.—­Rizal.

[6] This remark of Morga can be applied to many other insurrections that occurred later—­not only of Chinese, but also of natives—­and probably even to many others which, in the course of time, will be contrived.—­Rizal.

[7] These devices, of which certain persons always avail themselves to cause a country to rebel, are the most efficacious to bring such movements to a head.  “If thou wishest thy neighbor’s dog to become mad, publish that it is mad,” says an old refrain.—­Rizal.

[8] This is the famous Eng-Kang of the histories of Filipinas.—­Rizal.

[9] The Rizal edition of Morga omits the last part of this sentence, the original of which is "entre vnos esteros y cienagas, lugar escondido."

[10] “The Chinese killed father Fray Bernardo de Santo Catalina, agent of the holy office, of the order of St. Dominic ...  They attacked Quiapo, and after killing about twenty people, set fire to it.  Among these they burned alive a woman of rank, and a boy.”—­Rizal.  This citation is made from Leonardo de Argensola’s Conquistas de las Molucas (Madrid, 1609), a synopsis of which will follow Morga’s work.

[11] We are unaware of the exact location of this settlement of Laguio.  It is probably the present village of Kiapo, which agrees with the text and is mentioned by Argensola.  Nevertheless, from the description of this settlement given by Morga (post, chapter viii) and Chirino, it can be inferred that Laguio was located on the present site of the suburb of La Concepcion.  In fact, there is even a street called Laguio between Malate and La Ermita.—­Rizal.

[12] “Fine helmets were found broken in with clubs...  About thirty also escaped (among whom was Father Farfan), who were enabled to do so because of being in the rear, and lightly armed” (Argensola).—­Rizal.