jesty
will send whatever orders seem best to you, for there is no other
provision here save the general order which your Majesty gave for
all the Inquisitions.

I am sending your Majesty today copies of some letters which were
Written to me from the islands, in order that your Majesty may have
an account of those regions, up to the departure of these ships. One
is from General Miguel Lopez Legazpe, and another from Guido de
Labezarrii; two from Fray Martin de Rada, and two from Fray Francisco
de Ortego. I am sending also a copy of the list of gold mines of the
islands; the certificate of the villages which have been annexed to
the royal crown; the procedure adopted by the master-of-camp, Martin
de Goyti, in making the treaty with the Indians; the peace made with
Indians of Manilla; the account, given by a Chinese, of the coast of
China, and the picture of the same; a little book which Fray Martin
de Rada sends your Majesty, _de latitudine et longitudine locorum
invenienda_, the memorandum sent by General Guido de Labezarii to
your Majesty; and, finally, the instructions which I had given to
the person who was to go to explore the Chinese coast. I enclose
also the ordinances which your Majesty ordered sent to the officials
of Veracruz with affidavit of delivery; and a copy of the decrees
which Cardinal de Siguenca, inquisitor-general, sent. [73] May our
Lord preserve the royal Catholic person of your Majesty many years,
and grant you the increase of kingdoms and seigniories, as we your
Majesty's servants desire. Mexico, December 5, 1573.

Your Majesty's loyal servant, who kisses your royal hands,

_Don Martin Enriquez_

[_Superscription_: "To His Royal Catholic Majesty, King Philipe our
sovereign, in his Royal Council of the Indies."]

Documents of 1574

Letter to Felipe II. Andres de Mirandaola; January 8
[74]Las nuevas quescriven de las yslas del Poniente Hernando
Riquel y otros; January 11
Decrees regarding Manila and Luzon. Felipe II; June 21
Opinion regarding tribute from the Indians. Martin de Rada;
June 21
Reply to Fray Rada's "Opinion." Guido de Lavezaris, and others;
[June?]
Two letters to Felipe II. Guido de Lavezaris; July 17 and 30
Slavery among the natives. Guido de Lavezaris; [July?]

_Sources_: The second of these documents is from a MS. in the
archives at Simancas; the third, from _Doc. ined. Amer. y Oceania_;
the remainder, from the Archivo general de Indias at Sevil