Chapter IV: Preface (4)

[Translation of title-page: The History of the Province of the
Holy Rosary, of the Order of Preachers, in Philippinas, Japon,
and China. By the Right Reverend Don Fray Diego Aduarte, Bishop
of Nueva Segovia, with additions by the Very Reverend Father
Fray Domingo Goncalez, Commissary of the Holy Office, and Regent
of the College of Sancto Thomas in the same province. With
license, at Manila, in the College of Sancto Thomas, by Luis
Beltran, printer. In the year 1640.]

HISTORY OF THE DOMINICAN PROVINCE OF THE HOLY ROSARY

By Fray Diego Aduarte, O.P.

[Aduarte's work [18] is here presented, partly in full translation, partly in synopsis--the latter portions being, as usual, printed within brackets.]