jurisdiction of commander in the fleet, I have
done my duty. For this I have, etc., and ask it for testimony.

_Doctor Antonio de Morga_

In Manila, on the fifth of the month of January in the year one
thousand six hundred and one, before the governor and captain-general
of these islands, Don Francisco Tello, appeared the doctor Antonio
de Morga, and presented this petition; and when his Lordship had
seen it, he ordered it to be joined with the investigation which
the alcalde-mayor of Balayan made, in order that the other proper
verifications may be made according to what is provided, and that
whatever is just may be done.

_Tello_

Before me:

_Gaspar de Azebo_

This copy was made, as has been said, from the aforesaid original
petition, which is in the aforesaid suit of petition and mandate by the
aforesaid auditor, and is exact and correct. In the city of Manila,
on the twentieth of the month of November in the year one thousand
six hundred and two; the witnesses being: Joan P[ablo?] Monfredo,
and Gregorio del Castillo, and Josephe de Naveda Alvarado.

In testimony of truth, I have affixed my seal.

_Joan Paez de Sotomayor_, royal notary.

We, the notaries who sign here, certify and give our word that Joan
Paez de Sotomayor, by whom this testimony is signed and sealed, is
a royal notary, as he signs himself, and commissioner of the royal
Audiencia of these islands; and, as such, complete faith and credit
has been given and is given to all acts and writings which have passed
and do pass before him, in court and out of it. And, to certify to
this, we give these presents in Manila on the twentieth of November
in the year one thousand six hundred and two. I have affixed my seal,
in witness of truth.

_Francisco de Valencia_, notary-public.

I have affixed my seal, in testimony of truth.

_Jhoan Francisco Aparicio_, notary-public.

Annual Letters from the Philippine Islands

_From Father Francisco Vaez, [32] June 10, 1601, to Reverend Father
Claudio Aquaviva, general of the Society of Jesus._

Amid all the calamities and miseries which it has pleased the Lord to
inflict on these islands, the chief has been the loss of some ships
which were wrecked, including among others the flagship and the ship
of the second in command. They set sail from this coast during the
last year, 1600, for Nueva Espana, being laden with a large amount of
treasure and merchandise; and by them the records of this pro