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" (hew their contempt of it by any other aO:
" your Majefty (hall think fit : This Telt will
*' infallibly difcover whether the Strangers be
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Croflhien or not, for none but Croflmen will
" refufe to (hew their indignation and fcorn.
The Emperor was well pleas'd with what they
faid, followed their advice, and permitted them
to trade with his SubjeQs.
Not long afterwards, fome Jefuits and other
Prielts of the Roman Church ventured to Japa;?^
they told the Inqui(itor that they were Hollanders
•, the Inquifitor reply'd, if fo, you are welcome
^ then he call'd for a Crucifix, and defir'd
the Strangers to (hew their contempt of it by
fome of the a£ls above-mention'd , which they
refus'd to do, and at laft confefs'd themfelves to
be Croflmen ^ how can you be Croflmen if you
are Hollanders^ faid the Inquifitor, for the Hollanders
are not Croflmen > Indeed, reply 'd the
Jefuits, they are Chriftians or Croflmen as well
as we. Now, fays the Inquifitor, I find you
have told me two Lies ^
you faid at firft, you
were Hollanders^ and now you fay the Hollanders
are Chriltians as well as you, by which you
confefs your felves not to be Hollanders, idly^
You fay the Hollanders are Croflmen as well as
you, which I know to be an impudent Lye, for
I have feen them trample upon the Crofs with
plealure, and I am fure they would burn ic with
as much fatisfaQion as 1 my felf could do. The
Inquifitor then fent them to Prifon, they were
in number about forty fix, and in a few Days
they were all executed ^ the Jefuits to this Day
annually commemorate their Martyrdom.
By thefe and the like means, the Dutch were
mightily in favour with the Emperor and all his
Subjects, they had all the Privileges that Foreigners