But still he ran great risk of being imprisoned by the servants of the heathen president, who were searching for another religious, named Fray Bartholome Gutierrez, of the Order of San Agustin, who was wearing the Spanish dress.

They suddenly entered three Portuguese houses, and the father visitor scarcely had time to retire from one house to another.

In short, the labors and dangers that he suffered in Japon were great.

But they had no power to turn him from so glorious an undertaking until he had been there fourteen months.

During that time he had visited all the Christians and all the posts that are ordinarily visited during times of peace.