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Madrid: 18. _Relations of 1628-29_--"Tomo 169, no. 3," and "Tomo 84, no. 13." The following document is taken from a MS. in the British Museum: 19. _Military affairs of the islands_.--In a collection of papers entitled "Tratados Historicos, 1594-1639;" pressmark, "(693. h. 17) / 65." The following document is taken from Pastells's edition of Colin's _Labor evangelica_: 20. _Royal decree aiding Jesuits_, 1625.--In vol. iii, pp. 754, 755, (See also No. 10, _ante_.) The following documents are taken from the Ventura del Arco MSS. (Ayer library): 21. _Relation of 1626_.--In vol i, pp. 523-545. 22. _Relation of 1627-28._--In vol. i, pp. 551-615. The following document is taken from _Recopilacion de leyes de las Indias_. 23. _Laws regarding the Sangleys_.--In lib. vi, tit. xviii. The following document is found in a pamphlet entitled _Toros y canas_ (Barcelona, 1903), in which is printed a hitherto unpublished original MS. in possession of the Compania General de Tabacos de Filipinas. 24. _Royal festivities at Manila_--pp. 9-25. NOTES [1] Our transcript reads "reals," but both in this and in other instances in the present document, this is evidently an error of transcription for "ducados." It would be very easy for the error to arise from the extremely bad handwriting of many Spanish documents, in which the Spanish abbreviations for the two above terms might bear a close similarity. "Ducados" is used later in the document, when speaking of similar instances. [2] These expeditions against the Mediterranean Moors were undertaken because of their continual depredations on Spanish commerce and near Spanish coasts. In 1602 Spain and Persia united against Turkey, and in 1603 the marquis of Santa Cruz, with the Neapolitan galleys, attacked, and plundered Crete and other Turkish islands. Many operations were conducted against the Moorish states of north Africa, but no effective check was applied to their piratical expeditions. See Hume's _Spain_, p. 210. [3] Spain has never recovered from the expulsion of the thrifty Moriscos, who were the descendants of the old Moors. The edict of expulsion against the Valencian Moriscos was issued on September 22, 1609, by the viceroy Caracena. Its political excuse was negotiations between the Moriscos and English to effect a rising against Felipe III. "With the exception of six of the 'oldest and most Christian' Moriscos in each village of a hundred
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