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realm, and that by giving ear to suchwild rumours and assuming a defiant attitude, they had committed afault not to be lightly condoned. Thus, duringthe shogunate of Hidetada, no less than forty changes are recorded tohave been made among the feudatories, and in the time of Iemitsuthere were thirty-five of such incidents. The lady Masa, one of the world's heroines, expired inthe same year, and 1224 had seen the sudden demise of the regent,Hojo Yoshitoki. Therefore, finding that their preaching produced littleeffect, Xavier and his companion, Fernandez, continued

Majesty's constant formula ofworship being a supplication that his life might be accepted as asubstitute for the safety of his country. From that place, too, they began to send yearly reportsknown as the Annual Letters to their generals in Rome, and theseLetters give an interesting insight into the conditions then existingin Japan. He seemed to do exactly as he pleased, andwas as unconcerned as if nobody else were present. Any expenditure which exceeds the appropriations set forthunder the various heads of the Budget, or th