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replied that even without this consideration he felt disposed to 

 become a Christian. Eight hundred persons were then baptized, 

 the queen receiving the name of Jane, after the mother of the 

 Emperor of Spain. She begged an infant Jesus of Pigafetta, 

 with which to replace her idols. This remarkable story con- 

 cludes with a statement that one village of idolaters absolutely 

 refused to be converted, and that Magellan therefore burned 

 their houses, erecting a cross upon the ruins. Not content with 

 this, Pigafetta next makes Magellan perform a miracle. The 

 king's brother was very sick, and had totally lost his speech. 

 The admiral said that if all the idols remaining in the island 

 were burned, and if the prince were baptized, he would pledge 

 his head that he would recover. Magellan then baptized the 

 invalid, together with his two wives and ten daughters. The 

 captain "then asked him how he found himself, and he answered, 

 of a sudden recovering his speech, that, thanks to the Lord, he 

 found himself very well. We were all of us ocular witnesses 

 of this miracle. The captain then, with greater fervor than 

 the rest of us, returned praise to God." Idols were now com- 

 mitted to the flames in vast numbers, and temples built upon 

 the margin of the sea were demolished. The new Christians 

 went about the island crying, at the top of their voice, " Viva la 

 Castilla !" in honor of the King of Spain. 



On the 26th of April, Magellan learned that a neighboring 

 chief, named Cilapolapu, refused to acknowledge the authority 

 of the King of Spain, and remained in open profession of 

 paganism in the midst of a Christian community. He deter- 

 mined to lend his assistance to the converted chiefs to reduce 

 and subjugate this stubborn prince. At midnight, boats left 

 the ships, bearing sixty men armed with helmets and cuirasses. 

 The natives followed in twenty canoes. They reached the re- 

 bellious island — Matan by name — three hours before daybreak. 

 Cilapolapu was notified that he must obey the Christian King 

 of Zubu or feel the strength of Christian lances. The islanders 



