sion on our part
for a break or disagreement with the president, he shall be submissive
to what your Majesty has decreed, as you desire. The important thing
is to report to your Majesty the state of affairs here, so that you
may provide definitely for what is to be done. We state truthfully
that we are under obligations to your Majesty to interfere in no
manner with the exercise of his governing power, and that of waging
war--unless, under title and pretext of his office as captain-general,
he shall prosecute and harass for his own personal grudges, and for
objects which are not for your Majesty's service, the inhabitants,
and those who are not soldiers, and have committed no offense, since
this must not go unremedied. Whatever your Majesty may be pleased
to decree in all this matter, we shall remain without anxiety and
in peace; for our only aim is the fulfilling of your Majesty's will,
and our desire the satisfactory accomplishment of the affairs of your
Majesty's service. May God keep your Majesty. Manila, July 15, 1598.

Doctor _Antonio de Morga_

The licentiate _Tellez Almacan_

The licentiate _Alvaro Canbrano_

Documents of 1599

Letter to the archbishop of Manila. Felipe III; March 1.
Letter from the bishop of Nueva Segovia to the king. Miguel de
Benavides; May 17.
Letter to Joan de Ibarra. Miguel de Benavides; May 22.
Missions of the religious orders. Geronimo de Alcaraz; June 28.
Military affairs in the islands. Francisco Tello, and others;
July 12.
Letter to the king. Francisco Tello; July 12.
Ordinances enacted by the Audiencia of Manila. Francisco Tello,
and others; June 1598-July, 1599. (_To be concluded_.)

_Source_: All of these documents arc obtained from original MSS. in
the Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla.

_Translations_: The first, third, fourth, and sixth are translated
by Robert W. Haight; the second, by Jose M. and Clara M, Asensio;
the fifth and seventh, by Arthur B. Myrick, of Harvard University.

Letter from Felipe III to the Archbishop of Manila

The King: To the very reverend father in Christ, the archbishop of the
city of Manila, of the Philipinas Islands, a member of my Council. As
the information of which a copy is sent you with this has been examined
in my Council of the Indias, which inquiry was made by the order of
the governor of that archbishopric, concerning certain excesses of
the teaching religious of