ears,
a longer term than that of any predecessor of his. Many of these
he surpassed not only in the period of service, but in his care and
efficiency--personally assisting in the despatch of the armed fleets
(although this had to be done at a distance of twenty leguas from
Manila), and attending to the shipbuilding and the timber-cutting;
crossing seas, rivers, and mountains, and overcoming great dangers and
hardships, in order to serve the commonwealth and his Majesty, and that
the royal revenues might be spent with due faithfulness, and without
oppressing his Majesty's poor vassals. He opened up the commerce of the
kingdoms of Tunquin and Cochinchina, and extended that of Great China;
and he brought to terms the king of Tidore. He repressed the invasions
of the Mindanaos, Xoloans, and Camucones through the instrumentality
of Andres de Zuloeta, a valiant captain--who was sargento-mayor of
Manila, admiral, and commander of the fleet that carries supplies
to Ternate. In the year of 61 there were disturbances in Pampanga,
the finest province in this government, and inhabited by a people who
are valiant and very skilful in the use of arms. This governor with
courage and tact went to Pampanga, and pacified the province without
shedding blood, thus acquiring a great reputation. He subdued also the
provinces of Pangasinan and Ilocos, which had rebelled, he punished
some with death, and others with slavery, bestowing on the rest a
general pardon. This campaign increased the reputation of the Catholic
arms throughout that archipelago, a renown that is still maintained."

The ecclesiastical estate

60. In April of the year 1565, there was founded in Zebu (afterward
being transferred to Manila) the church and ecclesiastical community
of these islands; and its ordinary jurisdiction was allotted to the
superiors of the Order of St. Augustine, who were the founders and
apostles of this kingdom; they held that dignity up to the year of
77, in which it passed to the fathers of the order of our father
St. Francis. It remained in their keeping until the year 82, in
which Don Fray Domingo de Salazar--a Dominican, the first bishop of
all the Filipinas--with a bull from his Holiness Pope Gregory XIII
founded the cathedral of Manila, dedicating it to the most immaculate
Conception of the Virgin. It was established with five dignitaries,
four canonries, and four other prebends; they are appointed by his
Majesty, or ad interim by the