be observed.

_Don Francisco Tello_
_Doctor Antonio de Morga_
The licentiate _Tellez Almazan_

Before me: _Pedro Hurtado de Esquivel_

In the city of Manila, on the thirteenth of January in the year
one thousand six hundred and one, I, Pedro Hurtado de Esquivel,
clerk of court for the king our sovereign, in his royal Audiencia and
Chancilleria of these Philipinas Islands, at the request and order of
Doctor Antonio de Morga, of the council of the king our sovereign,
and his auditor in this said royal Audiencia, had this copy drawn
from its original, which is in the book of the government of his
royal Audiencia. It is a true and faithful copy, and agrees with the
original thereof, witnesses to its copying, correction, and comparison,
being Pedro Munoz de Herrera, Joan de Arana, and Miguel de Talledo,
citizens of Manila.

In testimony thereof, I affix my seal, in witness of the truth.

_Pedro Hurtado Desquivel_, clerk of court.

[_Endorsed_: "Testimony of the resolution of the Audiencia of the
Filipinas in respect to the entrance of the Dutch corsair among
the islands."]

_Instructions given by the governor to Doctor Antonio de Morga_

The course of action to be pursued by Doctor Antonio de Morga, auditor
of the royal Audiencia of these Filipinas Islands, and captain-general
of the fleet about to go in pursuit of the English [_sic_] enemy,
is as follows.

First: Inasmuch as news has been received that the English enemy,
against whom this expedition is directed, is stationed in the harbor of
Marayuma, and inasmuch as he might take flight without awaiting attack,
should he, by any chance, hear of our fleet, it is ordered that our
fleet, with the least possible delay, shall start in pursuit of the
enemy, in order to engage and fight him, until, with our Lord's help,
he is killed or sunk.

_Item_: The engagement with the enemy must be conducted with
all diligence and care, whether in firing or in boarding his
ships--whichever may be possible, in accordance with the best and
readiest opportunity permitted by the weather. Should the enemy take
flight on sighting our fleet, he must be pursued, until the object
sought is accomplished.

_Item_: Should the enemy have left this coast when the fleet is
despatched against him, and should information be received that he
has gone to any other of these islands, then the fleet shall seek and
pursue him, until he is captured or sunk. Should the enemy have left
these isla