The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803: 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 Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, Volume 4Emma Helen Blair, James Alexander Robertson A.H. Clark Company, 1903 - Demarcation line of Alexander VI. |
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ALONSO BELTRAN anchored arquebuses artillery asked Balayan Batala BENITO DE MENDIOLA boats Borneans brought Castilians Cavite chief China Chinese command corsair Çubu culverins Dato declared despatched DIEGO LOPEZ DIEGO LOPEZ CARRENO encomiendas Ensign expedition Felipe Felipe II flagship fleet fragata Francisco de Sande friars galley give gold governor GRABIEL DE RIBERA Grace hundred and seventy-nine illustrious Doctor Francisco islands Jolo killed king of Borney land leagues letter Limahon Limasancay Lope de Catalinaga Lordship Luçon Majesty Majesty's notary Malaca Maluco MANUEL DE CACERES master-of-camp month of March Moros natives Nueva España Opposite clause Oseguera pacify panguilan peace Pedro pieces port Portuguese present notary RIBERA BENITO RIBERA DIEGO LOPEZ river of Borney river of Mindanao royal crown sail Salalila sent ships slaves soldiers Sossa Spaniards tell thousand five hundred told tribute tumangan vassals vessels village of Mindanao virey witness
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Page 137 - Therefore, relying on the mercy of Almighty God and the authority of his blessed apostles Peter and Paul...
Page 106 - In New Spain, the hot and fertile regions along the coast, having an elevation of seldom more than 1,000 feet, are called Tierras calientes ("regions of heat"). On the declivity of the Cordilleras, at an elevation of 4,000 to 5,000 feet, there reigns perpetually a soft spring temperature, which never varies more than 10° Fahr. The natives give to this region the name of Tierras templadas ("temperate country"), in which the mean heat of the whole year is about 70° Fahr. The plains elevated more...
Page 98 - ... natives are all very idle. If they would apply themselves to work a little of the time, they could have all they wanted, but as it is a hot country and they are barbarians, they go naked. Nevertheless, all know how to raise cotton and silk, and everywhere they know how to spin and weave for clothing. ... In the mountains there are wild boars, deer and buffalo, which they can kill in any desired number. Rice, which is the bread of the country, grows in abundance. Therefore, they are afflicted...
Page 123 - And if any one presume to attempt this, let him know that he will incur the indignation of Almighty God, and of his blessed Apostles, Peter and Paul.
Page 80 - Bitis [Betis] and the other Lubao, along whose banks dwell three thousand five hundred Moros, more or less, all tillers of the soil, and taxed to the value of eight reals each. This city and all this region is provided with food — namely, rice, which is the bread here — by this province; so that if the rice harvest should fail there, there would be no place where it could be obtained.
Page 176 - ... -you shall try to ascertain the Pintados slaves among them, in order to return such to their homes, especially those who are Christians. And, as I have said, you shall deprive them of such vessels as seem to be used for raids, leaving them their fishing vessels, so that if the said lord of Sulu so desire, he can come to confer reasonably with me. Thus you shall ascertain who has vessels, and who can inflict injuries; and you shall command them expressly to settle down on' their land, to cultivate,...
Page 154 - ... permission to attend the preaching of the law of the Christians, and that he who wishes to become a Christian may do so without any ill befalling him. Further, I desire that you shall send no preachers of the sect of Mahoma to any part of these islands, nor to the heathen among the Tingues [hill-people], nor into other parts of your own island — inasmuch as the doctrine of Mahoma is a false and evil law, and the religion of the Christians alone is true, holy, and good. Further, I desire that...
Page 59 - Some native corsairs would also join us, and introduce us into the country. 75. The war with this nation is most just, for it gives freedom to poor, wretched people who are killed, whose children are ravished by strangers, and whom judges, rulers, and king treat with unheardof tyranny. Each speaks ill of his neighbor; and almost all of them are pirates, when any occasion arises, so that none are faithful to their king. Moreover, a war could be waged against them because they prohibit people from...
Page 106 - But these Indians first inquire if they must be Christians, pay money, forsake their wives, and other similar things. They kill the Spaniards so boldly, that without arquebuses we could do nothing. This was the reason that Magallanes, the discoverer of these islands, was killed; and that Villalobos and Sayavedra, and those who came afterward from Nueva Espana were maltreated. All those who have been killed since the coming of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi received their death through lack of arquebuses....