the royal Audiencia.  At the conclusion of mass, two other collegians made harangues, giving an account of what was intended in the foundation of this college; wherewith they were well satisfied, and pleased with the work which the Society had undertaken.  The collegians at the foundation of the institution were thirteen.  That number has continued to increase until it has reached twenty, as at present, which is not an insignificant beginning in so new a land.  Many people came to visit the college and its apartments, admiring its good order and plan, and praising this work, so serviceable to God our Lord, and to this commonwealth.  They attend with punctuality the devotional exercises and the divisions of time according to the arrangements of the college, and thus derive profit in letters and in virtue.  The Indians, too, repair to Ours, as they would to parents; and with the confidence of faithful children they make known their doubts and give account of their affairs.  For instance:  An Indian, on the day of the birth of Christ our Lord, was in his house contentedly repairing his boat and preparing to make a voyage the next day for matters concerning his occupation, when a certain person chanced to pass his house, who said to him:  “How now? dost thou dare to work on Christmas day?” The other answered him, in jest:  “Oh, yes!  I have permission from Jesus Christ to do this.”  But his chastisement was not long delayed, for just when he was making ready for his voyage on that very day a violent and mortal illness attacked his family, sparing neither wife nor children, and laying him at the door of death, so that for three months he could not leave his house.  He came to us in remorse, and acknowledging his guilt; and after telling us these things asked for advice, made his confession, and prepared for communion, through the efficacy of which he recovered his health, and was able to accomplish those things which, on account of his sins, our Lord had prevented him from doing.

While one of our brethren was sojourning in an Indian village far from that city [of Manila], two incidents occurred whereby was seen and manifested the supernatural virtue of the holy Agnus Dei, so famed for many other great miracles.  Two women were quarreling, as is usual among barbarians and vulgar people.  One of them was a famous witch, and in anger and passion she threatened the other woman with summary vengeance through her charms.  She went home; and the poor Indian woman, entering her own house without fear of evil, was seized with a violent trembling throughout her body.  In this paroxysm she arose from her husband’s side while they were eating their food and fought desperately to throw herself down from the window.  The husband ran, in his consternation, to save her, and called loudly to his neighbors for help.  Three persons ran to her, and were hardly able to hold her.  Our brother sent to ascertain what this disturbance meant, and when he learned what