[13] “Fair hope of my fatherland.” [↑]
[14] See [Appendix A]. [↑]
[16] It was founded in 1603, only thirty-three years after the capture of Manila and the beginning of the Spanish domination. [↑]
[18] Craig, p. 109; Retana, pp. 34–35. [↑]
[19] His father’s sore difficulties, to be described later, were then beginning. Mr. Mercado continued to send money regularly to José through Mr. Rivera, the detour being necessary to protect himself. [↑]