The Jesuits in China And the Legation of Cardinal De Tournon An Examination of
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The arrest of the Cardinal in his own house, which speedily followed his final declaration to the Captain-General, that he had resolved to exer- cise his jurisdiction in the fullest measure and without any restraint, is one of the most striking and dramatic incidents in this long and painful history. The Auditor, representing the highest civil authority, on the receipt of a letter from the Cardinal, protesting against the persecutions of himself and the priest Herve, and demanding the withdrawa...l of the guard placed over him, and the immediate release of Herve went himself to the Legate's house with a body of armed soldiers, and in the name of the three Estates of the city demanded an audience. Fearing that some sacri- legious outrage would ensue if he admitted them, he ordered the inner doors of the hall to be shut, * " De Vita, etc. , dementis XL, " pp. 168-9. THE LEGATE A PRISONER AT MACAO 133 and answer to be made that he was in the oratory with the missionaries, having determined to sur- render himself with the most holy Sacrament in his hands, of which he had held an exposition in his chapel, where he had been also making a brief discourse, animating the missionaries to suffer with patience these unheard-of outrages for the love of Jesus Christ.
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