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e messages were sent thither, one from Yoritomo,the other from the Court, ordering Yoshitsune's execution. Imai counselled instant flight eastward. The tremendous anddecisive results of success for the national cause are enough tobreak down all the restraining influences of the code ofinternational law and Christian morality. Nevertheless, the rules of etiquette were strictly observed byprovincial magnates attending Court functions.

Heattempted to succour his father, but arrived too late. The accusation preferred byCocks, however, must have possessed special significance, confirming,as it did, w they trained their servants in the use ofarms, calling them iye-no-ko (house-boys) or rodo (retainers) Up to 1593 the Portuguese had possessed a monopoly ofreligious propagandism and oversea commerce in Japan.