«aast __ risk, suffer -everypersecution • aïïd SaOfifiee«8vSry icom-
~ fort; iusinuattiig;themselvesrh ^ a d d ^ e ^ 'b y talent, *by
pérseyêr ancé, ^ y ish u mili ty ; by> application tö -studies
foreign from thedc original -education, of by thé5’,eu'ltó;
vatièn of .arts» to" Which. 4ftfè«yrïhad notJdSéèn bred; infib
hotiöeftfand protection ; £>verconiing'-tHe®hprej udace l*df
beingystrangersin an country wherewnost strangers ■were
prohibit^,rand wheredt-was a crime to havé abaridinced
the tombs of their • ancestors,:and gaining’ afeien'gthffesta-
blishmefats necessary.for)the propagation o f théi'rjfaith,
without turning their influence: to "any* ^ersonal^d4
. vantage^*
Th e missionariesiof ‘different natious>srérerallowéH to
build fourxonvents, with chmrehe&^annexdd^tö'th'em/ in
Pekin • jdnd soiiie of them within thefbdundiarjfOs of thc
Imperial palace. They have- lands, in Abesaieig'hboMP-
hoody-andthe society'ofjesüits isthssorted^ to have;<been
pfé|)liiÉtöïS'<lf many houses’ in thereby andf"luburbs;>©f
which the revenues serves3,-andf^exved-only, to promote
the purposes of the mission?' Theyioften* b y the same
charitable adts, *'madeiprotelytesy arid relieved thp ehs'-
itressed.
MosfJof the missionarieslvisited the. Embassidox at
Pekin. One of them, a Pprtugueze ó f mild and'conci1
'Uiting wanhérsv waé at the same time appointed; chief
of the Europeans in the tribunal of mathematics; by his
Chinese Majésfcyy and bishop, of; Pekin, by his Holinesfe
the É h f ^ ^ r ih e g ^ b n tn3.ëndatiom of th e Qu^lm of Pof-'
small, stipends; r|8rfe-alio w'ed&fijr th f
™^tenanf^ ^^be?mis!sioriaties, by tho oKiefipowerS of
^ j j ^ fi.of % ^ ? .® a n >Gath1o^c persuasion!;!^
in.gpatit| j|f e |aS'welhasldfom riatioPalva<tta<Glïment, Sëfyfed,
i n sbrt^ ^ e ^ja|JalentefQrtth& copn^^Gffr#hichFthté^
%tsË.p 9fiYyly wire; natives-. .whA^adfehe^in frëresP&of those
cguntrieklcould bejbfi^erned. Differ®p;eëigi-|oj)inion had
dorincily^(].ividc(l thtUkbfl'ertmtJjpBii tic^ lR inis^ibjfarviys.
Qn^partjguIaB points’ 0f|dO||llnOy and, some rfgj|É$$ip*still
^ ^ h a p s l^ y ^ ^ t 'l ^ 'y e d n - those) from tojfei kin-gifohi ö f
E®Eopfe, ,and the^ em ain d e r ;^>,buti i n a
^ q j^ o n ^ p t e r i^ ,; and |i^ |trM y . of'manners, contrasted
with to ^ e ro f tile Chiefs#; u nf|j!dt*h'eite?eogéthppj’ In that
r e m d ^ ^ i ^ . ê y ^ E u r ö p j e a n w 'k a ^ ^ ^ S y È eïllWi,.
countryman, ah,dbeyMne intfeifldd t^ ë g ’tird and'sCi-viB^
A missionary^of- a^metei ref^t^^lJile &1 iara6tèr,|f&dyan-
tageously known in thyUterafyi^brld by many 'curioii^
commanimations concerning China, whereJSs had reWj&eS
'frpm an earfy period pf his life^was-^nviir afppres entf$of
infirm as .pot t<|<(he able to wait üponth^j^ïBêS'S’idof; bdt
he wrote'-a-letter to him, expreSsiVefcof thé1 mostyfefyëH^
wishes; for his- spcbess^ offering W^y^i^Ma'SÈ&^^h is| ‘
obse|pa tiomand ^pOriëhcefeduld supply-;- addm^ia^pic-1
ture of the court his’ f^p^fency was abutefeio'-visit;. wfréfêf
he enco,imaged hiu^to hope! that every objéjit of h is mission
would finally be attained; but forewarning him of
f - ' V O L . I I . X
Pekin.