ave me much happiness,
for I understood thoroughly the message conveyed by it to me from
your Lordship. I am exceedingly rejoiced in heart and mind, for I
desire fast friendship with the captain-general of Manila. Therefore,
I request that, when my vassals go to Manila, you will give them
kind treatment; and I shall do the same when men from Manila come
to my country. This is in token of friendship, and if this is always
observed, I shall be very glad, and likewise if you will have pity on
the Burneys. I received two Burneys, whom the Spaniards had captured;
they arrived at my court. And, inasmuch as your Lordship orders me,
in your letter that I receive, to send any Sangleys that I might
have here to Manila, I am now sending two who were captured by the
Camutones; one is named Bonzhuan and the other Adali. I am sending
them to your Lordship as a token of lasting friendship with the
Burneys. Furthermore, I am sending five taes of camphor, of Burney
weight, and three large Burney mats. And that your Highness may not
jest at my present, know that I am sending you a [_word uncertain
in MS_.]

The above translation was made by Constantino Xuarez and Miguel Yaat, a
native of Burney. They declared it to have been thoroughly and exactly
made, without any change of sense. They signed the same before me,
Estevan de Marquina, alcalde-mayor of Tondo and its district, for the
king our sovereign. July twenty-seven of the said year, one thousand
five hundred and ninety-nine. [7]

_Estevan de Marquina_

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_Constantyno Xuarez_
[_Miguel Yaat_]

[_Endorsed_: "Original letter written by the king of Burney to Don
Francisco Tello, governor of the Phelippinas, translated from the
Burney tongue into Castilian."]

Letters from Francisco Tello to the King

Sire:

I have striven for your Majesty's service in this government to the
extent of my ability, and I have done my duty with much care and
diligence. I have punished certain individuals, as it seemed proper
to do; and hence it has resulted that I have rivals--as have all of
us who have governed, and are engaged in your Majesty's service in the
Indias. Although in all things I have always been favorable to Doctor
Morga--who was my lieutenant-general, and who is now auditor of this
royal Audiencia--I have been informed by many persons that he has
spoken ill of my proceedings, and has even opened the way for others
to write evil of me to your Majesty. I have never paid