[49] On June 13, 1597, Felipe II issued a commission to Antonio de Morga to investigate charges of peculation which had been made against this man, as factor of the royal exchequer in the Philippines.
[50] See La Concepción's account of the loss of this ship (Hist. de Philipinas, iii, pp. 428-435).
[51] Spanish, colegio; see note 32, ante.
[52] A fund, the interest of which is required by the Spanish laws for the support of an ecclesiastic.
[53] Mauban is a town and anchorage in the northeast corner of Tayabas province, Luzón; it lies on the Pacific coast of the island, and southeast from Manila.
[54] In a squadron, the galley next in rank to the flagship or capitana.
[55] These names appear thus in the text; but they evidently refer to the same persons who are previously mentioned as Liguana and Ssapay.
[56] Sangir (or Sanguir) is a small island midway between Mindanao and Celebes; Tagolanda is another one, south of Sangir, about fifty miles northeast of Celebes.
[57] At the beginning of this letter is a brief summary of its contents.
[58] In 1601 the capital of Spain was removed from Madrid to Valladolid; but this measure proved so disastrous that Felipe III found it necessary to return to Madrid in 1606.