ent Houses) in recognitionof the fact that the regent in Kyoto was supposed to be taken fromthem in succession. Just at that time the septs of Hosokawa and Miyoshiwere engaged in a fierce struggle for supremacy. those high officials, the shoguncould interfere effectually by reference to the letter of the law. At any moment they might combine, descend uponthe capital, and burn it before adequate succour could be marshalled.
He effected his retreat in a manner that bore testimony tothe excellence of his generalship. Masashige had but seven hundred men under his command. safety orto avert a public danger, has the power to issue Imperial Ordinances,which shall take the place of laws. In 1598, a squadron of five ships sailed from Holland toexploit the sources of Portuguese commerce in the Orient, and of thefive vessels only one, the Liefde, was ever heard of again.
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