[5] Delgado illustrates this statement as follows: “The legitimate King of Borney, who had been dispossessed of his kingdom ... begged for help from Don Francisco Sande, Governor of these Islands. Governor Sande went with his fleet, fought with and drove away the tyrant, and put the legitimate king in possession; the latter rendered obedience to the governor, appointed in the place of the King of España, and subjected himself to this crown as vassal and tributary.” Further on he writes, “His Majesty also ordered Sande, by a decree of April 9, 1586, to sustain friendship with China, and forbade him to make war; for, as some authors say, Sande had the intention of conquering that Empire, ... although it may be said that the idea was simply speculative; the Council forbade it, and ordered him thenceforth to observe what was prescribed” (ibid., see Blair and Robertson, XVII, 317–320, whose translation differs slightly from the above).
[6] Recopilación, 3–3–2; 63, 64; 3–14–1, 33.
[7] Instructions to Acuña, February 16, 1602, Blair and Robertson, XI, 273–4.
[8] Recopilación, 3–3–55; 3–2–33.
[9] Ibid., 3–3–56; 2–15–159.
[10] King to the Audiencia, December 4, 1777, A. I., 105–2–9. It was seen in the preceding chapter, that the audiencia reported to the Council of the Indies on the finances of the colony.
[11] Recopilación, 3–3–57.
[12] Ibid., 2–15–76 and 77.
[13] Ibid., 3–2–1 to 6; 2–15–172. Governors and viceroys were authorized by the cédula of April 20, 1776, to make permanent appointments to offices whose salaries did not exceed 400 pesos (ibid., 3–2, note 2).
[14] Ibid., 3–2–67.