They are well treated by the Chinese, but are unable to establish a mission in that land, and finally are sent back to the Philippines.

In the second book is related the voyage made by the Franciscans to China in 1579.

At first they ask permission to go thither, which Sande is not willing to grant; but the conversion of a Chinese priest through their efforts makes them still more desirous of opening a mission in that country, and, Sande still refusing to allow this, they decide to go without informing him of their departure.

To this account is appended an "Itinerary" of the journey made by another party of Franciscan friars from Spain to China and return.

The writer relates various particulars concerning the Ladrones and Philippine Islands and their people, both historical and descriptive; the custom of slavery among them, and their religious beliefs; and the progress of Christianity in the archipelago--stating that the conversions therein now number 400,000.