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THE DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA 



How to treat 

 natives. 



to " shape a South- West course until the Latitude of 

 The plan of 30 is reached." If.no land was there found, their course 

 the voyage. wag to be c h an g e d to North- West until the Latitude 

 of 10 15'. And if again no land was found, they were 

 to follow that parallel Westward in search of the island 

 of Santa Cruz. Thence they were to steer South-West 

 as far as 20, then North- West to 4, and on that parallel 

 Westward in search of New Guinea. After coasting 

 all along that land, they were to proceed to Manila, and 

 thence by the Eastern Indies to Spain. And Quiros 

 hoped to find land between Java and the Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



They are to " avoid the danger of offending the natives, 

 or being offended by them." Spaniards should be " as 

 fathers to children, but the children must be watched 

 as if they were known enemies. Our part is always to 

 be in the right, with open and honest intentions ; then 

 God will help us, as He helps all those whose objects 

 are good." And Quiros gives very sensible advice as to 

 innocent thievish natives whose souls have to be saved. 



" It is well known to all those persons who are engaged 

 on this discovery how His Holiness Clement VIII., at 

 my humble petition, has conceded that if Our Lord should 

 be served by removing us from this world to another, 

 at the hour of. death, if unable to confess or to take the 

 Sacrament, being contrite, we name the most holy name 

 of Jesus, either with our mouths or in our hearts, he gives 

 us plenary indulgence and remission of all our sins." 



The voyage, in the Captain's eyes, was a chivalrous 

 missionary enterprise, demanding the personal sancti- 

 fication of each man who had the glory of sharing in it. 

 Every soldier and every sailor was to be a Knight of the 

 Holy Ghost. In reality, the soldiers and sailors were 

 all sorts and conditions of men, illustrating once more 

 the extraordinary contrasts which are the continual 

 surprise to students of Spanish story. There were the 

 Franciscans under their " Commissary," an aged Brother 

 of nearly eighty years, who came to give his life for the 

 cause for which he had lived, and who died worn out 



The Pope's 

 Indulgence. 



Saints and 

 sinners. 



