The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898; Volume 49 / 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

by Unknown

Your Reverence’s most affectionate servant,

Bernardo Pazuengos (rubric)

[Addressed: “My Father Procurator-General, Joaquin Mesquida.”]

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[1] The original of this document is worn in many places. Matter in brackets is conjectural readings; otherwise the lacunas are indicated by periods. [↑]

[2] This trouble with the Jesuits arose first from the sermon preached by Father Francisco Javier Puch, S.J., March 9, 1764, in which he accused the alcaldes-mayor of robbing both king and natives (Montero y Vidal, ii, pp. 116, 117; and Ferrando, v, pp. 9–16). [↑]

[3] i.e., Let them be erased from the book of life. [↑]

REFERENCES

Accounts of the capture and occupancy of Manila, and contemporaneous events, will be found in the following: