religious of St. Francis and those of St. Dominic and St. Augustine,
continued to be made, both in the Castilian vessel itself which was
despatched that year to the kingdoms of Quanto, [22] and in other
Japanese vessels which came to Manila with the silver and flour of the
Japanese, in order to trade. This was permitted and allowed by Daifu,
now called Cubosama, who that year sent the governor, through one of
his servants, certain weapons and presents, in return for others which
the governor had sent him. He answered the latter's letter as follows:


_Letter from Daifusama, lord of Japon, to governor Don Pedro
de Acuña, in the year one thousand six hundred and five._

I received two letters from your Lordship, and all the
gifts and presents mentioned in the memorandum. Among them,
when I received them, the wine made from grapes pleased
me greatly. During former years, your Lordship requested
permission for six vessels, and last year for four, and I
always granted your request. But, what angers me greatly is
that among the four vessels that your Lordship requested was
that one called "Antonio," which made the voyage without my
orders. This was a very lawless act, and in contempt of me. Can
it be, perhaps, that your Lordship would send to Japon without
my permission any vessel that you wished? Besides this, your
Lordship and others have often negotiated about the sects
of Japon, and requested many things in regard to them. This
likewise I cannot concede; for this region is called Xincoco
[Shinkoku], or "dedicated to the idols." These have been
honored with the highest adoration from the time of our
ancestors until now, and their acts I alone cannot undo or