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gales." 1 Some wished to sail for the Philippines, others to 

 " seek employment in the porcelains or silks of China " ; but 

 in the end all agreed to make for Mexico by " the customary 

 navigation." God gave them rain, and they had plenty 

 of biscuit. Off Cape St. Lucar they stood to arms, 

 and had look-out men at the mast-head ; for it was there 

 that " the Englishman, Thomas Cavendish, robbed the 

 Santa Anna" ; but they passed in peace. At the mouth 

 of the Gulf of California they encountered a storm so 

 prodigious that hope was abandoned. The Captain, 

 ill in bed, in great haste ordered the two natives to be 

 brought to him. A Franciscan Father asked whether 

 they wished to become Christians. They assented very 

 fervently, and, when they had recited the Creed, the Father 

 baptised them, calling them Pedro and Pablo. Quiros 

 was their Godfather, and embraced them, with his eyes 

 full of tears, thanking God for " this small fruit, small 

 as compared with my desires but really great, for they 

 are two souls newly baptised, and brought into the 

 bosom of our Catholic Church." Pedro and Pablo were 

 very devout and constant in their prayers, with their 

 hands joined, and, when the ship appeared to be sinking, 

 they cried " Jesus ! Mary ! " making the sign of the cross 

 towards the sea. The ship ran on, and hope arose. " Fear 

 nothing," said someone, " for such a work is done that 

 God will add what is needful to save the ship and crew." 

 The fury of the storm passed, and it began to go down. 

 On the 2ist of October they came to the Mexican port 

 of Navidad, weary of " always seeing the same faces." 

 A Franciscan " I say no wonder," comments Quiros, "if fathers tire 

 of their sons, brothers and friends quarrel, and a husband 

 sometimes comes to abhor his dear wife." " Satan did 

 not neglect to sow bad and mischievous seeds in this port." 

 There were quarrels even with Franciscans, and unhappy 

 stories were told to the Viceroy. On the 25th of November 

 they came to Acapulco. Here the guardian of the Convent 

 of Barefoot Franciscans obtained their request that in 



1 See'map of Espiritu Santo in Dutch translation (1612) of Quiros's 

 Memorial. See^p. 189. 



