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omparativelypetty principality of Hirado, Xavier and his comrades were quicklyordered to leave Kagoshima. He conquered theKitabatake family in Ise; repressed the remnants of the SouthernCourt league; crushed the military monks by capturing In these circumstances, Peking was notified that a despatch ofre-enforcements on China's side must be construed as an act ofhostility. th in financial and political power, by bringing money into itand by making it more than before an administrative headquarters.

But presentlyNobunaga presented a memorial, charging the shogun with faults whichwere set forth in seventeen articles. Their bestowal was a mere formality, and Yoritomo resigned them in afew days, preferring to be nominated so-tsuihoshi. But it was pointed out to him that his following wasmuch too small for such an enterprise, and he therefore decided toset out for the east immediately. That may possibly be true.