[3] A celebrated Italian astronomer, member of the Jesuit Order. The Jesuits are still in charge of the Observatory of Manila.—TR.
[4] “Our Lady of the Girdle” is the patroness of the Augustinian Order.—TR.
[5] This image is in the six-million-peso steel church of St. Sebastian in Manila. Something of her early history is thus given by Fray Luis de Jesus in his Historia of the Recollect Order (1681): “A very holy image is revered there under the title of Carmen. Although that image is small in stature, it is a great and perennial spring of prodigies for those who invoke her. Our religious took it from Nueva España (Mexico), and even in that very navigation she was able to make herself known by her miracles .... That most holy image is daily frequented with vows, presents, and novenas, thank-offerings of the many who are daily favored by that queen of the skies.”—Blair and Robertson, The Philippine Islands, Vol. XXI, p. 195.
[6] The oldest and most conservative newspaper in Manila at the time this work was written.—TR.
[7] Following closely upon the liberal administration of La Torre, there occurred in the Cavite arsenal in 1872 a mutiny which was construed as an incipient rebellion, and for alleged complicity in it three native priests, Padres Burgos, Gomez, and Zamora, were garroted, while a number of prominent Manilans were deported.—TR.
[8] What do I see? ... Wherefore?
[9] What do you wish? Nothing is in the intellect which has not first passed through the senses; nothing is willed that is not already in the mind.
[10] Where in the world are we?
[11] The uprising of Ibarra suppressed by the alferez of the Civil Guard? And now?
[12] Friend, Plato is dear but truth is dearer ... It’s a bad business and a horrible result from these things is to be feared.