s there are two or three falcon patereroes.
_Flag-Ship of the Galleys_
One piece, one-third cannon caliber, cast in Acapulco, caliber eleven
libras, length twenty-two calibers.
Two small culverins [_moyanas_]--cast one in Ynglaterra, caliber
three libras; the other in Manila, caliber two libras.
Four catapults, two discharging stone balls of twenty-five libras,
and the other two of thirteen libras, new casting of Manila.
On the said galley there are seven pieces.
_Second Galley, "San Lorenco"_
One piece, one-third cannon caliber, cast in Acapulco, caliber eleven
libras, length twenty-two calibers.
Two catapults, new casting of Manila, caliber seventy-three libras.
Two small culverins [_moyanas_] of the said casting, caliber one libra.
On the said galley are five pieces.
_Recapitulation of the Artillery_
Fort of Santhiago 26 pieces
Breastwork of S. Gabriel 6 ,,
Breastwork of Dilao 4 ,,
Breastwork of S. Andres 6 ,,
Breastwork of S. Pedro 6 ,,
Fort of Nuestra Senora de Guia 7 ,,
Curtain of the Water-front 2 ,,
Plaza des Armas 6 ,,
Cavite 2 ,,
In the said Cavite, falcon patereroes 4 ,,
Magazines, falcons 2 ,,
Flag-ship Galley 7 ,,
Second Galley 5 ,,
83 ,,
I, Alonso de Bienbengud, commander of the artillery of our lord the
king in this his royal military station of Manila in the Philipinas
Islands, certify that the artillery declared in this list and
memorandum is placed and distributed in the forts, breastworks,
traverses, and other places named therein, and that it is of the
character described; in witness whereof these presents are signed with
my name. Manila, the sixth of July, one thousand six hundred and seven.
Letter from the Audiencia to Felipe III
_On the Confraternity of la Misericordia_
Your Majesty gives commands in a letter dated the seventeenth of
April, 1606, for information to be sent regarding the nature of the
Confraternity of La Misericordia of this city, when and with what
official license it was organized, its constitution, the amount
of its income and the manner in which the income is distributed,
the good results which have followed from the establishment
of the Confraternity, and what are its constitutions [_i.e._,
rules of organization]. Your Majesty also asks that a copy of these
constitutions be sent, an
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