It is said that his
death was most horrible, and that he caused his servants to put
him to death with clubs, after having scalded him with the water
with which he had tormented the martyrs. All say that this was
plainly a punishment for his tyrannous acts; and that he is paying
for them in hell--whence issued demons in the form of foxes, who
went dancing before his carriage or litter when he returned from
Nangasaqui [_words illegible_] ambassadors, spies sent to Manila,
Father Miguel Matruda, of the Society. These ambassadors--who came as
envoys in behalf of Uni Nudino, governor of Nangasaqui, and of the
tono of Arima, called Asimadoro or Bungodon--were received with the
pomp and courtesy which such an embassy demanded. On that occasion
much caution was displayed by this colony through its chief, who is
governor and captain-general of these islands. For, on the one hand,
he exhibited before those ambassadors the strength of this [_word
illegible_] with its officers and infantry, which was drawn up in
martial array along the streets--almost all the way from the street
nearest the beach where the Japanese disembarked, up to the palace;
and, on the other, he paid them honor with a splendid and friendly
reception.
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