ll be given in conclusion,
and with them will end [the account of] what was done at the funeral
ceremonies which this noble and loyal city of Manila performed for
its august prince. The public demonstrations corresponded, not to the
devotion with which so loyal vassals serve their Catholic sovereigns,
but to the condition in which this community finds itself at present,
worn out with so many calamities, oppressed by so many misfortunes, and
even bloodless and exhausted by the so continual invasions of enemies;
had not the divine hand been so favorable on its side, it would not
now have any shoulders to support so heavy a burden. May our Catholic
and invincible monarch accept these slight indications of the desire,
and the proofs of the affection, which all this community offers as
the obligation of its loyalty and in token of its grief, consecrated
to the happy memories of their prince, in this public manifestation;
if not suited to the grandeur of his person, it is to the generosity
of his royal breast and august blood. May Heaven extend his life for
the glory and increase of this monarchy, as we his humble and obedient
vassals desire. [7]

[Then follow the poems and eulogies above mentioned, which are written
partly in Latin and partly in Spanish.]

ROYAL AID FOR JESUITS ASKED BY MANILA CABILDO

Sire:

This city of Manila has informed your Majesty on other occasions how
the Order of the Society of Jesus, which came to these islands many
years ago with an ardent and apostolic zeal for the greater service
of our Lord and that of your Majesty, has been employed in the
conversion of souls; and that it has made and makes use of various
means extraordinarily and especially efficacious to allure souls
to the true knowledge of the matters of our holy Catholic faith,
as experience has proved and proves daily. Their modest prudence
and their admirable example of life and morals have verily aided in
that--qualities which, resplendent in them, as is right, our Lord has
permitted to shine out with great profit in the missions that they
have in charge in these remote islands, besides the great edification
that they cause in this city by their holy and excellent instruction.

We say the same in this letter, and, in particular, that the
said order, recognizing its extremely great need of religious, has
determined to send at the present time Father Diego Patino [8] as their
procurator-general--a religious of excellen