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did, having him conveyed on men's shoulders in a
covered bed, for he was so ill that he could not go in
any other way. I was greatly rejoiced at this, and he
was extremely relieved at finding himself in his new
home. His illness was increased by the hardships of
the toilsome journey from Manila, one hundred and
fifty leagues away, in the season of the vendavals and
the rains, which in the bay of Manila, and as far as
the entrance into the province of Pintados, is the most
difficult and dangerous of the whole year. In this
case, the burden of these hardships and torments fell
upon a person so feeble, infirm, old, and exhausted
that, although he arrived at Sebu in fair health, their
effect was greatly aggravated by his immediately
commencing work with two sermons, which were
highly regarded in that community. But his efforts
so prostrated him that he took to his bed with a fever,
which so exhausted him that his holy life came to an
end on the first of September of the same year, fifteen
hundred and ninety-five. In life, and no less in his
death, this holy man was a rare example of virtue;
and so, in both, he was highly esteemed by all classes
and ranks of people - especially by ecclesiastics and
religious, who recognized in him an admirable virtue. When but a youth he left Espafia in the service
of the Duke of Feria. He was received into the Society at Loreto, studied in Padua, and had charge of
the Germanic College in Rome. From this place
blessed Father Francisco de Borja 4 sent him to
To the sufferings from the effect of the poison were added those of
a violent asthma. He possessed perfectly the Tagal language."
(See Woodstock Letters, 1900, vol. 29, pp. I54, 155.) He is also
mentioned by Colin (Hist. misiones, part ii, book iii, p. 334).- E. I.
DEVITT, S.J. (Georgetown College).,4 Francisco de Borja (Borgia), Duke of Gandia (a city in