Again, that the
religious of the said orders to be thus sent to the said countries
of the Indias, as well as their fellow-members resident therein,
who had been chosen and approved for the discharge of this said
duty by their masters or priors-general, or other superiors, might
go to the said Japan as well as its near-by and adjacent islands,
and even to the said islands, countries, and provinces of China and
the neighbor-kingdoms and mainland [_terra firma_] of Eastern India.
Moreover, under pain of major excommunication (wherefrom, unless
at the point of death, absolution was not to be granted save by the
Roman pontiff himself); of forfeiture besides of active and passive
vote, and of all dignities, administrations, and offices whatsoever;
furthermore, of disqualification to hold and exercise the same in the
future--all moreover to be incurred _ipso facto_ by all religious, no
matter what privileges had been granted them by the said Clement and
other Roman pontiffs his predecessors, of no matter what tenor or form,
whether general or special, even though with permit attached to preach
the word of God throughout the whole world--no matter, either, whether
hereafter the same or like privileges should be granted, approved,
and renewed as long as therein special, specific, and express mention
of this prohibition and interdict should not be made with annulment of
the same--thereupon he interdicted and forbade them all and singular,
under no matter what pretext or color of design, to leave the islands
known as the Philippines or any other part of the Western Indias or
country held as part of the Western Indias and thence to pass to the
said Japanese Islands, provinces, and countries and other near-by,
adjacent, and neighboring lands.
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