The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 08 of 55 / 1591-1593 / Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century

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Documents of 1592

• [Opinions of the religious communities on the war with the Zambales]. Juan de Valderrama, and others; January 19–20.
• [Letter of congratulation to the bishop, clergy, and people of the Philippines]. Clement VIII; March 25.
• [Letter to Felipe II]. G.P. Dasmariñas; May 31.
• [Rules for the Manila hospital]. G.P. Dasmariñas; [May 31].
• [Expedition to Tuy]. [Luis Perez Dasmariñas]; June 1.
• [Two letters to Felipe II]. G.P. Dasmariñas; June 6, 11.
• [An embassy from Japan]. Hideyoshi, and others; 1591–92.
• [Three letters to Felipe II]. G.P. Dasmariñas; June 20, July 6.
• [Luzón menaced by Japanese]. [G.P. Dasmariñas; 1592?].

Sources: All these documents are obtained from original MSS. in the Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla.

Translations: In the first document, the opinion of the Augustinians is translated by Joseph Fitzgerald; that of the Franciscans, by Victoria G. Peacock; the remainder, by James A. Robertson. The second document is translated by Rev. T.C. Middleton, O.S.A., Villanova College; the third, by José M. and Clara M. Asensio. In the eighth document, the first letter is translated by Helen E. Thomas; the third, by Mary F. Foster. The remaining documents of this group are translated by James A. Robertson. Page 191