▁inst ig ators ▁of ▁the ▁incident ▁as ▁they ▁ur ged ▁H ide y oshi ▁to ▁se ize ▁the ▁cargo , ▁den ounced ▁the ▁Sp ani ards ▁as ▁pir ates ▁and ▁conquist adors , ▁and ▁ins ult ed ▁the ▁Spanish ▁king ▁despite ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁Portugal ▁was ▁part ▁of ▁Spain ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁The ▁Jes uits ▁formally ▁denied ▁all ▁these ▁claims , ▁instead ▁pin ning ▁the ▁bl ame ▁on ▁the ▁Francis can ▁fri ars ' ▁reck less ness ▁in ▁Japan ▁that ▁destroyed ▁any ▁previous ▁good will ▁H ide y oshi ▁had ▁shown : ▁the ▁pilot ' s ▁s lip - of - the - t ong ue ▁only ▁gave ▁H ide y oshi ▁an ▁opportunity ▁to ▁act ▁on ▁his ▁pre - ex isting ▁susp ic ions . ▁These ▁deb ates ▁and ▁the ▁ex agger ated ▁stories ▁surrounding ▁the ▁San ▁F eli pe ▁episode ▁were ▁spread ▁across ▁the ▁Spanish ▁colonial ▁emp ire ▁and ▁resulted ▁in ▁much ▁res ent ment ▁against ▁Portugal ▁and ▁the ▁Jes uits . ▁▁ ▁Al ong ▁with ▁the ▁mart yr dom ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 6 ▁Christians , ▁the ▁San ▁F eli pe '' ▁incident ▁set ▁off ▁a ▁new ▁round ▁of ▁per sec ution ▁against ▁the ▁Christians , ▁in ▁which ▁ 1 3 7 ▁churches ▁were ▁demol ished ▁and ▁the ▁Jes uit ▁mission aries ▁were ▁ordered ▁to ▁leave ▁Japan . ▁The ▁Jes uits ▁made ▁a ▁show ▁of ▁comp liance ▁by ▁loading ▁a ▁Mac au - bound ▁car rack ▁vessel ▁with ▁ordinary ▁Portuguese ▁in ▁mission ary ▁wear , ▁then ▁continued ▁to ▁evangel