overeign."]

[_Endorsed:_ " Philipinas, 1574. To His Majesty. From Guido de
Labezaris, July 17, 1574." "Let it be made into a relation." "Received,
March 7, 1575."]

[_Remarks by the council, appended to this letter:_ Answer that I
receive it with gratitude, and that the governor appointed by his
Majesty will take account of it, and will reward him according to
his services.

Let a decree be sent to the viceroy and officials of Nueva Espana
so that with the money received from here they might supply these
islands with the articles which may be requested as necessary for war
and other emergencies, according to the memorial which the governor
and officials may send. Another decree should be sent also to the
governor of these islands charging him to strive most diligently
to facilitate commerce, and take care that the moneys belonging to
your Majesty be sent to the officials of Nueva Espana, in order that
they may provide the islands with the supplies that will be needed,
and which will be requested from here. For the fulfilment of this,
orders should be sent to the viceroy and officials.]

[The following letter, dated July 30, of this same year, is identical
with the foregoing in almost every word, as far as the twenty-sixth
section. The new matter in the second letter is herewith presented.]

26. Up to this point, this letter is a copy of the letter which I wrote
to your Majesty by the ship "San Juan." What afterward occurred is,
that the said ship left this port on the nineteenth of the present
month. May God grant the propitious voyage for which we hope.

27. One of the two ships despatched from Nueva Espana has not yet
arrived, nor do we know anything about it. I have sent men to look
for it in two different directions, with the oared boats of these
natives. It is thought that the vessel is detained on account of
stormy weather, and that with the help of God it will soon be here.

28. On the twenty-fourth of this month, there arrived at this city
Captain Pedro de Chaves, who, when Captain Juan de Salcedo returned
from the province of Los Camarines, had remained there with men
to continue the exploration and pacification still remaining to be
carried on. When Captain Juan de Salcedo returned from that province
the whole land was quiet and tranquil, and its natives, as well as
those of the province of Albay, were reduced to the service of your
Majesty. He had also won over the island of Catanduanes five