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the_o above_o name_v fifty_o christian_n be_v burn_v alive_a by_o command_n from_o the_o xogun_n pag._n 13._o the_o name_n of_o some_o of_o the_o above_o mention_v martyr_n according_a to_o the_o order_n they_o stand_v begin_v from_o the_o city_n pag._n 20._o a_o brief_a relation_n of_o the_o life_n of_o f._n hierom_n de_fw-fr angelis_n &_o of_o b._n simon_n jempo_n of_o the_o society_n of_o jesus_n pag._n 22._o how_o four_o and_o twenty_o christian_n be_v put_v to_o death_n for_o the_o confession_n of_o christian_a faith_n in_o the_o city_n of_o jendo_fw-la pag_n 28._o of_o other_o seventeen_o christian_n burn_v alive_a in_o the_o town_n of_o jendo_fw-la for_o profess_v christian_a religion_n pag._n 31._o a_o relation_n of_o the_o persecution_n raise_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o year_n 1624._o in_o the_o country_n of_o massamune_a in_o which_o above_o 24._o christian_n be_v put_v to_o death_n together_o with_o f._n diego_n caruaglio_n of_o the_o society_n of_o jesus_n pag._n 32_o 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vsucca_n pag_n 104._o the_o death_n of_o isabella_n mother_n of_o damianus_n and_o beatrice_n his_o wife_n with_o their_o four_o child_n pag._n 107._o the_o death_n of_o mary_n wife_n to_o john_n sucamoto_fw-la and_o her_o four_o son_n pag._n 122._o the_o death_n of_o michael_n jamando_n fiemon_n and_o ursula_n his_o wife_n with_o three_o of_o their_o child_n pag._n 115._o the_o death_n of_o catherine_n wife_n to_o john_n yuqumoura_n pag._n 120._o the_o death_n of_o thomas_n mattaicht_n p._n 125._o of_o four_o other_o put_v to_o death_n for_o religion_n in_o the_o precinct_n of_o firando_n pag._n 126._o the_o death_n of_o calisto_n cambo_n a_o christian_a of_o the_o land_n of_o goto_n pag._n 131._o the_o death_n of_o michael_n sori_n and_o quinzaiemon_n in_o the_o land_n of_o goto_n pag._n 134._o the_o death_n of_o thomas_n nacangava_fw-fr mangosuque_fw-fr and_o joseph_n gonzalo_n who_o suffer_v in_o omura_n pag._n 136._o the_o death_n of_o father_n michael_n caruaglio_n of_o the_o 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