TESTIMONIES OF COREA ad. 



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 that he would passe the sea in his owne person to 

 conquere China : and for this purpose hee made great 

 preparations, saying, that since hee is become Lorde 

 of all Japan, he hath nothing now to doe but to conquere 

 China, and that although he should end his life in that 

 enterprize, he is not to give over the same. For he 

 hopeth to leave behinde him hereby so great fame, glorie, 

 and renowne, as none may be comparable thereunto. 

 And though hee could not conquere the same, and 

 should ende his life in the action, yet should he alwayes 

 remaine immortall with this glory. And if God doth 

 not cut him off, it is thought verily, that hee will 

 throughly attempt the same. And for his more secure 

 passage thither, he is determined to leave behinde him 

 two Governours (after his maner) in the parts of Miaco 

 with the administration of Finqua; and of those of his 

 Monarchie he saith that he will take with him all the 

 great Japonish Lords, or at the least all his principall 

 subjects, and leave in his dominions such guard and 

 garisons as shall seeme best unto him. And so having 

 passed the winter, he meaneth to come to these partes 

 of Ximo, for from hence he is to set forth his armie, Ximo. 

 & to passe to the land of Coray, which the Portugales Coray con- 

 call Coria, being devided from Japan with an arme of the ^^^^^^t land 

 sea. And although the Portugales in times past thought, ^^^ ^^^^' 

 that it was an He or Peninsula, yet is it firme lande, 

 which joyneth unto the kingdome of Paqui. And he 

 hath now stricken such a -terror with his name in the 

 countrey of Coray, that the king thereof hath sent his 

 ambassadors hither to yeelde unto him a kind of homage, 

 as he required ; which ambassadors are now in the city of 

 Miaco. And by this Peninsula of Coray he may passe From Coray an 

 with his army by land in fewe daves iourney unto the ^^^^^ "^^J 

 citie or Paqui, bemg the prmcipall citie where the king or in few da\es 

 China hath his residence. And as the Chinians be weake, to Paqui the 

 and the people of Japan so valiant and feared of them, if ^^^^fi ^'^^i^ of 

 God doth not cut him off in this expedition, it may fall ^^^^^• 

 out according to his expectation. 



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