I can
of those whom I have mentioned who are off duty, and likewise those
who are to return to carry on their work in the mines of the Indians
who are called Igolotes, the neighbors of those in Pangasinan. With
the help which has been offered me by Doctor Don Juan de Rrenteria,
bishop of Nueva Segovia and of that region, who displays a zeal for
the service of your Majesty conformable to his obligations, my hopes
have increased for the good results which I desire in this. May God
our Lord, for whom it is done, grant us this and all other things,
and protect the Catholic person of your Majesty, according to the
needs of Christendom. Manila, December 10, 1621.

With the arrival of a ship which has come from Xapon to the island of
Mariveles, at the mouth of this bay (whence I do not know where it
went), I received the letters which came for me. I learned by them
that nine armed ships were ready to sail from that country to join
on this coast two others which came out earlier to cruise along the
coast of China. It appears, however, that they certainly have left
Xapon, as this was made known and affirmed by a Dutch factor, who
fled from them in Malayo. His declaration accompanies this letter,
to the effect that this fleet is already equipped, and that it has
been detached merely to come to these coasts to rob the ships from
China, and to bring about an encounter with those from Nueva Spana,
keeping a place to retire to and fit up in some Japanese ports. I
am not surprised if this also is true, as it has been learned from
many besides this factor that the Flemish and English nations have
a hundred vessels and more in these parts, besides those that are
expected, and are said to be coming. But God is before and above
all. Your Majesty will arrange and decree what is most suitable;
meantime, while I live, and remain here, I shall do what I can, and,
with the divine favor, I expect no evil result.

_Don Alonso Fajardo de Tenca_

[_Endorsed_: "See whether this letter is a duplicate, for it is old."]

DOCUMENTS OF 1622

Letter to the king. Alvaro Messa y Lugo; 1621 and July 30,
1622.
Letters from the archbishop of Manila to the King. Miguel
Garcia Serrano, O.S.A.; 1621-22.
Royal decrees regarding the religious. Felipe IV; December 31.

_Source_: These documents are obtained from MSS. in the Archivo
general de Indias, Sevilla.

_Translations_: All these are made by James A. Robertson.

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