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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] Año [al margen derecho] de 1640.
Información que el maestro Joseph Cabral,
beneficiado del partido de Balayan,
foráneo en esta provincia, ha hecho en virtud
del Ilustrísimo Señor Fray Hernando Gue-
rrero, Arzobispo Metropolitano en estas islas y del
Consejo de Su Majestad, sobre el milagro que Nuestra
Señora de Casaysay usó con Juan Ynbin, sangley
cristiano.
[rúbrica] Alonso Márquez, notario.

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[left margin] Year [right margin] 1640
Investigation that Master Joseph Cabral,
priest of the district of Balayan,
with jurisdiction in this province, has carried out on behalf
of the most illustrious Señor Don Fray Hernando Gue-
rrero, Metropolitan Archbishop in these islands and of the
Council of His Majesty, about the miracle that Our
Lady of Caysasay performed with Juan Ynbin, a Christian
Sangley.
[signature] Alonso Márquez, notary.

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[al margen izquierdo] Comisión al maestro Joseph Cabral para la averiguación del milagro.
Nos, D. Fray Hernando Guerrero, por la gracia de Dios y de la
Santa Sede Apostólica, Arzobispo Metropolitano de estas islas Filipinas, del
Consejo de Su Majestad. Por cuanto ha llegado a nuestras manos un testimonio signado
y firmado de Alonso Márquez, escribano público de la provincia de Balayan,
término de nuestra diócesis, por do consta que una imagen de Nuestra Señora
la Virgen María, Reina de los Ángeles, que está en la iglesia de
Casaysay, visita del priorato de Taal, ha hecho un milagro con un sangley
cristiano llamado Juan Ynbin, cantero, que en aquella sazón ayudaba a la
fábrica de aquella iglesia; al cual prendieron con otros sangleyes y echa-
ron por muerto los ejecutores, con ocasión de este alzamiento general que han
hecho los de Calamba, parián de esta ciudad y los de Santa Cruz. Y le die-
ron grandes heridas penetrantes de modo que lo dejaron por muerto. Y pare-
ce que el dicho Juan Ynbin se había próximamente confesado con el padre predi-
cador fray Alonso Rodríguez, prior del dicho convento de Taal, y encomen-
dándose a la dicha imagen para que le librase de la muerte. No obstante que
por el dicho testimonio consta tener cuatro heridas penetrantes, que por cualquie-
ra de ellas naturalmente eran de muerte, teniendo todos los nervios prin-
cipales del pescuezo cortados a machetazos, y con dos lanzadas en el cuerpo,
en la tetilla derecha. Y [consta] haber estado tres días naturales sin comer ni
beber, ni recibido cura alguna, y haber estado en el agua y a las inclemen-
cias del cielo. Y dicho y declarado el dicho Juan Ynbin habérsele aparecido
la dicha imagen, y sacádole de la mar donde se halló la primera vez
que le socorrió, y después traídole a la orilla y a tierra sobre una hoja
blanca. Y cuando le iba trayendo se apartaban y huían caimanes y otros
peces espantosos con la vista de la dicha imagen. Y habiéndole traído a
tierra, le mandó se volviese a proseguir con su obra. Y diciéndole no saber
el camino para ir a Casaysay, donde se fabricaba su iglesia, le mostró
el camino y le pasó de un río sin mojarse. De modo que caminando lle-
gó al dicho lugar y estuvo en una bóveda de la dicha iglesia. Y por el dicho testigo
consta que con ser las dichas heridas tan grandes y penetrantes, no tener
olor ni estar hinchadas, como naturalmente lo suelen estar pasando vein-
ticuatro horas, especialmente las que se mojan, que todo lo susodicho son efectos
que sin particular milagro y ayuda de tan gran Señora no podía suceder.

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[on the left margin] Investigation of the miracle commissioned to Master Joseph Cabral
We, Don Fray Hernando Guerrero, by the grace of God and of the
Holy Apostolic See, Metropolitan Archbishop of these Philippine islands, of the Council of His Majesty. Concerning a testimony that has come to our hands, signed by Alonso Márquez, the public scribe of the province of Balayan, a part of our diocese, which says that an image of Our Lady the Virgin Mary, Queen of Angels, who is at the church of Casaysay, in the circuit of the priory of Taal, has performed a miracle with a Christian
Sangley named Juan Ynbin, a stonecutter. [He] was at the time employed to help
constructing the said church. [He] was taken with other Sangleys and
left for dead by their executors, due to the general uprising [of Sangleys]
in Calamba, the parián of this city, and in Santa Cruz. They [the soldiers] gave him [Ynbin]
great and penetrating wounds in such a way that they left him for dead. And it
looks like the said Juan Ynbin, had just given confession with the father priest
Fray Alonso Rodríguez, the prior of the said convent of Taal, and entrusting
himself to the said image so that she would release him from his death [sentence]. The
testimony reveals that he had four deep wounds. Each one is such that could single-handedly cause one's death. All his main nerves on his neck were cut with machete blows and his body was speared in his right breast. And [it was stated that he] stayed for three days without food or
drink, without receiving any aid at all, and was in the water and [suffered] all the kinds of inclemencies from above. And the said Juan Ynbin said and declared that
the said image appeared to him. [She] took him out of the sea where he was the first time
she came to his aid. And brought him to the shore and to dry land on top of a white leaf.
And as she dragged him, [he saw] that caimans and other terrifying fish ran away from the said image. And having brought him
to land, she commanded him to continue working on his [church] project. And when he told her that she did not know the way to go to Casaysay, where her church was being constructed, she showed him the way, helping him overpass a river without getting wet. In this way, he walked
until he reached the said place and stayed in the vault of the church. And the said witness states that the said wounds are so large and penetrating--without any smell or swelling, which generally is expected about twenty-four hours and especially if they get wet--and everything said are the effects of things that could not happen without a specific miracle and aid provided by such a great Lady.

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Y para mayor honra y gloria suya y de su precioso y bendito hijo, importa
que este milagro tan estupendo se autentique con información de
todo lo sucedido, para que asimismo se alienten los fieles a su de-
voción. Para para cuyo efecto delegamos nuestras voces y jurisdicción, con toda pleni-
tud al maestro Joseph Cabral, cura y vicario del partido de Balayan,
para que haga de todo ello información, con todos los testigos que di-
recta o indirectamente supieren de este caso, en todo o en parte;
recibiéndole al dicho Juan Ynbin, siendo necesario, nueva
declaración; haciendo todas las diligencias judiciales y extrajudi-
ciales que convengan. Y para mayor firmeza nombrará un nuncio cur-
sor con quien seguirla, tomando del juramento de que acudirá a todo
lo que toca a su cargo bien y cumplidamente. Y nombrará por notario
de esta causa al dicho Alonso Márquez, escribano público, a quien desde
luego nombramos por tal. Y recibirá de él el juramento de fidelitate,
y nombrará intérpretes fieles y legales y los demás ministros en tal
caso necesarios. Y hecha la dicha información, proceso cerrado y sellado,
nos lo remitirá. Y encargamos al dicho maestro acuda a este negocio con
el cuidado que caso tan grave requiere. Y para mayor solemni-
dad acudirá a hacer el dicho juramento de fidelitate ante cual-
quiera religioso sacerdote de la orden de nuestro padre San Agustín,
a quien lo cometemos. Y para que conste, dimos la presente firma-
da de nuestra mano, sellada con el sello de nuestras armas, re-
frendada de nuestro secretario. Dada en Manila, en nuestro palacio a o-
cho de enero de mil seiscientos cuarenta años.
[rúbricas] Fray Hernando,
Arzobispo. Por mandado de Su Señoría Ilustrísima, Diego Núñez.
[al margen izquierdo] Aceptación de la comisión.
En el pueblo de Casaysay, visita del de Taal, en dieci-
ocho días del mes de enero de mil seiscientos cuarenta años,
el maestro Joseph Cabral, cura beneficiado del partido de Balayan,
dijo que por cuanto Su Ilustrísima del Sr. D. fray Hernando
Guerrero, Arzobispo de estas islas y del Consejo de Su Majestad, le da comisión
para la averiguación del milagro de Nuestra Señora de Casaysay, como
más largamente consta de la comisión de esta otra parte. Y para usar de ella
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And for her greater honor and glory and that of her precious and blessed son, it is important that
this marvelous miracle is authenticated with all the information of
what has happened, so that in this way the faithful will be encouraged to her
devotion. We delegate our voices and jurisdiction, with the highest authority
to Master Joseph Cabral, priest and vicar of the district of Balayan,
so that he can produce an investigation with all the witnesses who directly
or indirectly know about the case, in its whole or in parts.
[He] needs to bring in the said Juan Ynbin [and] have him make a new
statement, following all the judicial and extra-judicial guidelines that
are convenient. And for added strength, he will name a church assistant
who will follow [the case]. He will take an oath to fulfill
his responsibilities well and dutifully. And he will name as notary
of the case the said Alonso Márquez, public scribe, who from now on
we name as such and will receive from him the oath of de fidelitate.
And he will name faithful translators and other ministers in such
necessary case. And the completed investigation, which will be closed and stamped with a seal, will be sent to us. And we charge the said master to take care of this affair with
the care that such a case requires. And for greater solemnity
he will give the oath of de fidelitate to the priest we assign of the order of our father Saint Augustine.
And for validation, we have rendered the present [statement] with the signatures
we have signed ourselves, stamped with the seal of our arms, and notarized by
our secretary. Given in Manila, in our palace, on the January eighth, one thousand six hundred and forty years.
[signatures] Fray Hernando,
Archbishop. By the order of his Most Illustrious Lordship, Diego Núñez.
[on the left margin] Acceptance of the commission
In the town of Casaysay, a district of Taal, on
the January eighteenth, one thousand six hundred and forty years,
Master Joseph Cabral, the priest in charge of the district of Balayan,
said that by the commission of his Most Illustrious Señor Don Fray Hernando
Guerrero, archbishop of these islands and of the Council of his Majesty, he is charged with the investigation of the miracle of Our Lady of Casaysay, which
is more extensively commissioned by this other part. And to satisfy [the commission]

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[al margen izquierdo] Declaración de Juan Ynbin, sangley cristiano.
En el pueblo de Casaysay, en dieciocho días del mes de ene-
ro de mil seiscientos cuarenta años, el maestro Joseph Cabral, cura
beneficiado del partido de Balayan y vicario foráneo en esta provincia
de Balayan, y juez de comisión para la averiguación del milagro de Nuestra
Señora de Casaysay por el Ilustrísimo don fray Hernando Guerrero,
arzobispo metropolitano de estas islas y del Consejo de Su Majestad, hizo parecer ante
su merced a Juan Ynbin, sangley cristiano que a la sazón está en este dicho pueblo
de Casaysay, para tomarle su declaración en razón de dicho milagro.
Y estando presente el susodicho se le fue recibido juramento en forma de derecho
por Dios Nuestro Señor y la señal de la cruz, mediante Agustín Sico, sangley
cristiano, intérprete nombrado para dicho efecto. Y habiéndolo hecho prometió de
decir verdad, y dijo que lo que pasa en razón de lo que sabe y le su-
cedió es que habrá tres años poco más o menos que ha estado y [ha] asistido en este
dicho pueblo de Casaysay, haciendo oficio de cantero en la fábrica de la iglesia
de piedra de Nuestra Señora de Casaysay, y en las bóvedas que se hicieron asimis-
mo sobre el agua que llaman Santa, que están cerca de la dicha iglesia.
Y que estando actualmente cortando piedra para hacer un pretil o cerca
en el patio de la casa y espaldas de la dicha iglesia, una noche, estando en
su casa durmiendo le despertaron y llamaron. Y luego le prendió don Juan
de Cabrera, castellano de la Fuerza de Bonbon, atándole las manos. Y le llevó a este
declarante con los demás sangleyes que en este dicho pueblo había a la dicha
Fuerza de Bonbon, donde luego que llegó le pusieron una trompa al pescue-
zo, amarradas las manos como de antes, y le tuvieron en aquellas prisiones
hasta que el día siguiente, a las cinco de la tarde poco más o menos, llegó
el alcalde mayor de esta provincia de Balayan, y le dijo a este declaran-
te y a los demás sangleyes que con él estaban presos que, los cristianos se con-
fesasen y los infieles si quisiesen ser cristianos se bautizasen; que para eso
estaba allí el padre prior de Taal, porque todos habían de morir luego al punto.
Porque tenía orden del señor gobernador de estas islas para matarlos por el al-
zamiento general de los sangleyes. Y así este declarante se confesó con el
dicho prior de Taal fray Alonso Rodríguez, y se encomendó muy de veras
a Nuestra Señora la Virgen María de Casaysay pidiéndole le librase de la
muerte, pues le había servido tanto tiempo en su iglesia. Y que le sacaron
de la dicha Fuerza con la dicha trompa al pescuezo, y atadas las manos, y le
llevaron a la playa frontero y a vista de dicha Fuerza, que fue el lugar
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[On the left margin] Juan Inbin's declaration, Christian Sangley
In the town of Casaysay, on the eighteenth of January
of the year sixteen forty, Master Joseph Cabral, priest
in charge of the district of Balayan and Advisory Vicar of this province
of Balayan, and commissioned judge for the investigation of the miracle of Our
Lady of Casaysay by the Illustrious Don Fray Hernando Guerrero,
metropolitan archbishop of these islands and the Council of His Majesty, ordered Juan Ynbin, Christian Sangley, who is currently in this town,
of Casaysay, appear before His Mercy, in order to take his declaration about the said miracle.
And being the named above present, he gave the proper oath
in the name of God Our Lord and the sign of the cross, with Agustín Sico's intervention,
who is a Christian Sangley, [and] the named translator for the given task. And having made it, he promised
to say the truth, and said the account of what he knows and what
happened to him. About three years ago, more or less, he has been serving in
the said town of Casaysay, in the office of stonecutter in the construction of the
stone church of Our Lady of Casaysay, and in the vault that were made likewise
on the [spring of] water, that they call Holy, which is near the said church.
And while he was actually cutting stone to make a fence
in the courtyard of the main building and in the back of the said church, one night,
he was awakened and called while he was sleeping. And then he was capture by Don Juan
de Cabrera, Castilian of the Fort of Bonbon, who tied his hands. And he took this
witness with the rest of the Sangleys who were in the said town to the
Fort of Bonbon, where they later placed a brace on his
neck and with his hands tied, as said before, had him in those prisons
until the next day. At five in the afternoon more or less,
the principal mayor arrived in this province of Balayan, and told his
witness and the other Sangleys with whom he was captured that the Christians
should make confession and the ones who were
heathens [and] wanted to become Christians could be baptized. And that for that end,
the Father Prior of Taal was there. Because they were all going to die later when the time came
because they had the order from the Señor Governor of these islands that they should be killed due to the
uprising of the Sangleys. And so this witness made confession with the
said Priest Prior of Taal, Fray Alonso Rodríguez, and he entrusted himself truthfully
to Our Lady the Virgin Mary of Casaysay, asking her to free him from
death, because he had served her for so long in her church. And [he said] that they took him out
from the said fort, with his neck brace and with his tied hands and they
took him to the shore that was in front of the said fort, which is where

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de la fuerza para matarlo sólo sintió un golpe en el pescuezo; y que
le parece a este declarante que con aquél golpe sólo había quedado muer-
to, porque no sintió los demás que halló y tiene en su cuerpo. Y que
lo que tiene dicho y declarado es la verdad, so cargo del juramento
que hecho tiene, y declaró ser de edad de cuarenta y cinco años;
y lo firmó con el dicho señor juez de comisión a su usanza
y el dicho intérprete.
[Rúbricas] Maestro Joseph Cabral.
[Firmas en Chino] ^{*Este es probablemente el apellido de Imbin Ma} [firmado dos veces]
Ante mí,
Alonso Márquez,
notario.
[al margen izquierdo] Testimonio y fe de las heridas que tiene en su cuerpo Juan Ynbin.
Yo Alonso Márquez, notario nombrado en esta causa por el
Ilustrísimo señor don fray Hernando Guerrero, arzobispo me-
tropolitano de estas islas y del Consejo de Su Majestad, doy fe y verdadero
testimonio a los que al presente vieren, cómo habiendo hecho parecer el maestro
Joseph Cabral, cura beneficiado del partido de Balayan y juez de
comisión para la averiguación de este milagro a Juan Ynbin, sangley
cristiano para tomarle su declaración como en efecto la tiene
hecha, y en presencia del dicho juez de comisión miré y vi las señales
de las heridas que en su cuerpo tiene el dicho Juan Ynbin, que
las dos de ellas están en el pescuezo y las otras dos, la una sobre la
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that he bore at the fort [when they tried] to kill him, he only felt a blow on his neck. And he thinks that with only that one blow he would have been left
dead, because he did not feel [the pain] of the other ones that were found in his body. And [he said] that
what he said and declared is the truth and by the oath
he took. And he declared to be forty five years old.
And he gave his signature before the commissioned Señor judge according to his custom
and along the said translator.
[Signatures] Master Joseph Cabral.
[Signatures in Chinese] Ma [signed twice]
Before me,
Alonso Márquez,
notary.
[on the left margin] Testimony and proof of the wounds that Juan Ynbin has on his body.
I, Alonso Márquez, named notary of this cause by the
illustrious Señor Don Fray Hernando Guerrero, Metropolitan Archbishop
of these islands and the Council of His Majesty, give proof and truthful
testimony to those who are present, that given that Master
Joseph Cabral, the priest in charge of the district of Balayan and commissioned
judge for the investigation of this miracle, requested the presence of Juan Ynbin,
Christian Sangley in order to take his testimony, as it was done, in effect,
and in the presence of the said commissioned judge, I looked and saw the signs
of the wounds that the said Juan Ynbin has on his body,
two of which are on his neck and the other two, one on

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