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Men surrendering in battle will be pardoned fortheir previous offences, and will be rewarded for servicessubsequently rendered. Ultimately theKamakura kwanryo became a powerful military satrap, hostile to theMuromachi shogun. The high constable had to arrestinsurgents, assassins, and robbers wherever he found them, and tomuster the soldiers for service in the Kyoto guards. Throughout the next four years, however, no other foreign missionarywas capitally punished in Japan, though many arrived and continuedtheir propagandism.

THE SIEGE OF OSAKA CASTLEIn the year 1614, Ieyasu issued orders for the attack of OsakaCastle, on the ground that Katsumoto's promise had not beenfulfilled. t my permission; because in defiance ofmy prohibition they have built churches, preached their religion, andcaused disorders. Burma, Siam, Annam, and Tonking, oneby one, ceased to be dependent on China and independent towards allother nations. a HidetadaHidetsugu see Toyotomi HidetsuguHideyasu see Matsudaira HideyasuHideyori see Toyotomi Hideyo