because the number of
men who come is not in proportion to those who die during the year,
since the land is [in]salubrious [26] and unhealthy, without reckoning
the men wasted in the ... on punitive expeditions, pacifications, and
ne[w dis]coveries w[hich o]ffer [themselves]; and further there is a
lack of ... since, almost at the same time, occurred the expedition
and pacification of Mindanao, the punishment and pacification
of the presidio of Cagaian, the reverse for the troops in Cebu,
the punishment of and raids among the Cambales, the presidio of La
Caldera, and the expedition to Camboxa. Also the voyage from Nueva
Espana wastes many men; because leave must necessarily be given to
those who are married in Espana or to Peruvians--who are men very
harmful to the commonwealth--besides others who did not come with
the intention of living in it, or the desire of becoming citizens,
but only to return with their property. In giving them leave, we
take into consideration that there is ... of those who leave here
rich ... few set their minds upon ... many to come ... voluntarily
without any expense to your royal treasury, so that we are always
in need of men. Those who remain here are exceedingly poor, so I beg
your Majesty to order the viceroy of Nueva Espana to attend to this
matter with the greatest punctuality. This year only seventy men came
here; they were not serviceable men and among them all there were
only three arquebuses. One thousand arquebuses, five hundred muskets
with powder-horns and small flasks, and five hundred coats-of-mail
and as many morions, should be sent to me from Espana, at prime cost,
to be distributed among the unarmed men; and those left over would be
stored in your Majesty's armory for future necessity, for at present
the soldiers are unprovided with arms.

[_In the margin_: "Have a letter written to the viceroy of Nueva
Espana, and this relation sent him ... much that he provide with
care these ... useful, and endeavor to send settlers ...; and that
for this object he perform and execute what is order[ed] in regard
to the matter, with exactness and rigor, and aid in every way. Send
directions to Don Pedro de Acuna to communicate with the viceroy in
regard to the despatch there of all that pertains to the service of
this matter; and that they prepare what will be advisable, in order
to settle that country, taking care that the needful moderation be
exercised in incurring expenses for his M