AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1594- 



religious houses under paine of death, to give up their 

 names whom they most suspect of the foresayd crime. 

 Hence it is, that all of them (if you regard their outward 

 estate) live in extreme feare. 



The fift is, for that hee sufFereth none of his souldiers, 

 nor his great lordes to live in idlenesse. If there be no 

 warres for their imployment, hee occupieth them in build- 

 ing of stately palaces, and in raising new fortresses, or 

 in repairing and strengthening of olde, and also in per- 

 forming other notable workes, to the ornament of Japan, 

 and to his owne lasting honour. So that at this present 

 neere unto Miaco there are thirtie thousand men imployed 

 about the building of one castle ; and in the citie of 

 Bozacca above an hundred thousand : which imploy- 

 ments afForde them neither place nor time to practise 

 any rebellions. 



The sixt is his altering of governments : for hee re- 

 mooveth his governours from one extreme part of Japan 

 to another. 



The seventh, for that unto his souldiers (besides the 



ordinarie pay continually allotted unto them for their 



service) in time of warre hee alloweth victuals at his owne 



costes. Wherof it commeth to passe, that hee effecteth 



whatsoever hee thinkes good by their meanes. Neither 



hath hee hitherto waged any warre, wherein his enemie 



was not vanquished, according to his owne desire : this 



T:he warre of late warre of China onely excepted, which farre sur- 



Japan agahst j^ounted all his forces. Howbeit in the kingdome of 

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CJilna. Coray hee mamtaineth as yet great garisons, as well to 



keepe his honour, as to constraine the Chinians to sue 



for peace. 



The eighth is, in that hee curbeth and restraineth 

 persons of ambitious and aspiring mindes, who (as hee 

 conjectureth) after his death might worke some innova- 

 tions in the common wealth, or disturbe the kingdomes. 



The ninth is, because hee hath on no side within foure 

 or five dayes journey of Miaco, any mightie or industrious 

 captaine or governour. 



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