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Don Alonso Calatan

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Año de 1640—Información sobre el milagro que Nuestra Señora de Caysasay usó con Juan Ynbin, sangley cristiano.

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[al margen izquierdo] Testimonio de Alonso Calatan.
En el pueblo de Casaysay, en diecinueve días del mes
de enero de mil seiscientos cuarenta años, el maestro Joseph Cabral, cura beneficiado del partido de Balayan y vicario foráneo de esta provincia de Balayan y juez de comisión para la averiguación del
milagro de Nuestra Señora de Casaysay, hizo parecer a D. Alonso
Calatang, teniente del castellano de la fuerza de Bonbon, y dijo ser natural
del pueblo de Taal, del cual y mediante el dicho intérprete
se le fue recibido juramento en forma de derecho por Dios Nuestro Señor
y la señal de la cruz. Y habiéndolo hecho prometió de decir verdad.
Y siéndole preguntado al tenor del interrogatorio dijo lo siguiente:
-A la primera pregunta, dijo que conoce a Juan Ynbin, sangley
cristiano, cantero, de más de tres años a esta parte. [Dijo] que este testigo le ha visto
trabajar en su oficio, así en la fuerza de Bonbon como en la iglesia
de Nuestra Señora de Casaysay de este dicho pueblo; y tiene noticia del
milagro que con él usó Nuestra Señora. Y en todo el tiempo que ha que este testigo le conoce
al dicho Juan Ynbin, le ha visto y tenido por hombre de buena vida y costumbres.
Y esto responde.
-A la segunda pregunta, dijo que habiéndole mandado el capitán Diego Mal-
donado Bonal, alcalde mayor de esta provincia de Balayan a don
Juan de Cabrera, castellano de la dicha fuerza de Bonbon prendiese
a todos los sangleyes cristianos e infieles de este pueblo de Casaysay, y los demás
que hubiese en estos contornos; y entre los soldados que el dicho castella-
no apercibió para dicho efecto fue uno este testigo; y así vino en compañía del dicho castellano, vinieron a este dicho pueblo, y en él prendieron al dicho
Juan Ynbin en la casa en que estaba y a los demás sangleyes. Y presos
y atadas las manos los llevaron a la dicha fuerza de Bonbon; y esto responde.
-A la tercera pregunta, dijo que estando el dicho Juan Ynbin dentro de la
dicha fuerza, amarradas las manos y con una trompa al pescuezo, y de la
misma manera sus compañeros, vio este testigo que el dicho Juan Ynbin se confesó
con el padre predicador fray Alonso Rodríguez, prior de este partido de
Taal; y lo mismo hicieron los demás sangleyes cristianos, y algunos in-

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[on the left margin] Testimony by Alonso Calatan
In the town of Casaysay, on the nineteenth day of the month
of January of the year sixteen forty, Master Joseph Cabral,
the priest in charge of the district of Balayan and the assigned vicar of this province of Balayan and the judge commissioned to the investigation of the
miracle of Our Lady of Casaysay, had Don Alonso
Calatang, lieutenant of the Castilan of the fort of Bonbon. And he said to be a native
of the town of Taal and through the said translator,
he took the proper oath in the name of God Our Lord
and the sign of the cross. And having done this, he promised to say the truth.
And having been asked the contents of his interrogation, he said the following:
-To the first question, he said that he knows Juan Ynbin, Christian Sangley,
stonecutter, for about three year in these parts. This witness said that he has seen him
work in this job, both in the fort of Bonbon and in the Church of
Our Lady of Casaysay in this town. And he has heard about the
miracle that Our Lady performed for him. And during the entire time that this witness has known
the said Juan Ynbin, he has seen him and considered him to be a man of good life and customs. And this is what he responds.
-To the second question, he said that following the order of Captain Diego
Maldonado Bonal, principal mayor of this province of Balayan, sent to Don Juan de Cabrera, Castilian of the said fort of Bonbon, to capture
all the Sangleys--Christians and heathens--in this town of Casaysay, as well as the others
found in the surroundings. And he was among the soldiers this
Castilian conscripted for such deed. And so, in the company of the
said Castilian, he came to the said town. And in it, they captured the said
Juan Ynbin in his home as well as other Sangleys. And captured and
with their tied hands, they took him to the fort of Bonbon. And this is what he responds.
-To the third question, he said that being the said Juan Ynbin in the
said fort, with his tied hands and a brace on his neck, and in
the same way his peers, this witness saw that the said Juan Ynbin
gave confession to the father priest friar Alonso Rodríguez, the prior of this district
of Taal. And the other Christian Sangleys, and some


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de las bóvedas, pero oyó decir los días que estuvo de guardia en este
dicho pueblo a muchos indios de él, que habían visto las luces y que eran
dos, encima de las bóvedas de piedra del agua santa de este
pueblo a diferentes horas de la noche; y esto responde.
-A la oncena, pregunta dijo que todo lo que dicho tiene es público y
notorio, pública voz y fama y la verdad so cargo del juramento
que hecho tiene, y que no le tocan las generales de la ley. Y dijo
ser de edad de treinta y cinco años; y lo firmó de su nombre
en castellano, con el dicho juez de comisión e
intérprete.
[rúbricas] Maestro Joseph Cabral.
D. Alonso Calatang.
Thomás Dimaligalig.
Ante mí,
Alonso Márquez,
notario.
[al margen izquierdo] Testimonio, el alférez don Juan de Casanova Garay.
En el dicho pueblo de Casaysay, día, mes y año de suso referido,
el maestro Joseph Cabral, cura beneficiado del partido de Balayan
y juez de comisión para la averiguación del milagro de Nuestra Señora
de Casaysay, hizo parecer al alférez don Juan de Casanova
Garay, residente en el pueblo de Taal, del cual se fue recibido
juramento en forma de derecho por Dios Nuestro Señor y la señal de la cruz.

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on the vault, but he heard from many of his Indios during the days in which
he was guarding the said town, that they had seen lights and that there were
two on top of the stone vault of the holy water of this
town, at different times of the night. And this is what he responds.
-To the eleventh question, he said that everything he has said is public and
well-known, of common knowledge and reputation, and the truth, as he is under the
oath he took and within the rules of the law. And he said
to be thirty five years old. And he signed it with his name
in Castilian, in front of the said commissioned judge and
his translator.
[signatures] Master Joseph Cabral.
D. Alonso Calatang.
Thomás Dimaligalig.
Before me,
Alonso Márquez,
notary.
[on the left margin] Testimony: The ensign Don Juan de Casanova Garay.
In the said town of Casaysay, on the day and month of the referred above,
Master Joseph Cabral, the priest in charge of the district of Balayan
and commissioned judge for the investigation of the miracle of Our Lady
of Casaysay, had appear before him, the ensign Don Juan de Casanova
Garay, resident of the town of Taal, who gave the proper oath
in the name of God Our Lord and the sign of the cross.

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al padre predicador fray Alonso Rodríguez, prior de este partido de
Taal, confesase a los dichos sangleyes cristianos y a los infieles que se
quisiesen volver cristianos a bautizarse, porque luego habían de morir todos. Y a-
cabados de confesar y bautizados algunos infieles, los saca-
ron de la dicha fuerza, amarrados como estaban de antes,
al lugar donde los mataron que será un tiro de arcabuz
fuera de la dicha fuerza; y esto responde.
-A la cuarta pregunta, dijo que no vio matar conocidamente
al dicho Juan Ynbin, porque este testigo estuvo en la puerta de
la dicha fuerza enviando los sangleyes que de ella salían de dos
en dos para el lugar donde los iban matando. Y que aunque
no vio la muerte que le dieron al dicho Juan Ynbin, le contó el sol-
dado que lo mató llamado Ambrosio Manalig, que le había dado dos
machetazos en el cerebro, uno encima de otro; y esto responde.
-A la quinta pregunta, dijo que este testigo mandó a don Alonso
Calatang, su teniente, fuese al lugar donde estaban muertos
los dichos sangleyes y contase el número, que habían de ser veintinueve.
Y asistiese allí hasta embarcarlos en las bancas que este testigo te-
nía prevenidas, y que los llevasen buen trecho de la orilla y
barra del río de Bonbon y los echasen a la mar en quince
brazas, amarradas como estaban las manos y con sus trompas
al pescuezo. Y era en ocasión que la marea y viento era contrario
a tierra; y así tiene por cierto este testigo saldrían los dichos cuer-
pos muy a la mar afuera. Y la causa de no haber asistido este testigo
a lo susodicho y haberlo mandado a su teniente fue por estar ocupa-
do en despachar al dicho alcalde mayor para el pueblo de Taal; y esto
responde.
-A la sexta pregunta, dijo que le parece a este testigo que hay de distancia
de donde mandó echar a la mar a los dichos sangleyes hasta donde
dicen fue hallado el dicho Juan Ynbin en las bóvedas
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the Father Priest Fray Alonso Rodríguez, the prior of this district of
Taal, to make confession to the said Christian Sangleys and to the heathen ones who
wanted to become Christians offer baptism, because they were all going to die soon. And
after they were finished confessing and baptizing some heathens, they were
all taken out from the such fort, and tied up as they were before,
to the place where they were killed, which was about the distance of the shot of an arquebus
from the said fort. And this is what he responds.
-To the fourth question, he said that he did not recognize the
said Juan Ynbin when he was killed, because this witness was at the door of
the said fort discharging the Sangleys two
by two, to the place where they were being killed. And although
he did not see the death given to the said Juan Ynbin, he heard from the
soldier who killed him, named Ambrosio Manalig, that he had given him two
machete blows in his brain, one on top of the other. And this is what he responds.
-To the fifth question, he said that he sent Don Alonso
Calatang, his lieutenant, to go to the place where the
said dead Sangleys were and to count the number, which were twenty nine.
And that he should stay there until they were embarked in the bangkas that this witness
had gotten, and that they should be taken to a place far away from the shore and
the sandbank of the River Bonbon, and that they should throw them into the sea at the depth of fifteen
fathoms, with their hands tied as they were and with the braces
on their necks. And at this point, the tides and the winds were moving away from the
land. And this witness believes that the said
bodies were thrown very far at sea. And the reason why this witness was not present and sent his lieutenant was because he was
busy dispatching the mentioned chief mayor to the town of Taal. And this is what he responds.
-To the sixth question, he said that he thinks that the distance
from where he sent the Sangleys to be thrown into the sea up to the point where
they say that the said Juan Ynbin was found in the vault


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