The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 14 of 55: 1606-1609; Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of The Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century
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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 14 of 55: 1606-1609; Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of The Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century
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One demi-saker of the same casting, caliber three and a half libras,
length thirty diameters.
Another demi-saker, old casting of Manila, caliber three and a half
libras, length thirty calibers.
One passavolante [_i.e._, small culverin], cast in Flandes, caliber
five libras, length forty calibers.
One saker, cast in Mexico, caliber seven libras, length twenty-eight
calibers.
In the said fort there are six pieces.
_Breastwork of S. Pedro near the New Port_
One saker cast in Mexico, caliber five libras, length thirty-two
calibers.
One demi-saker cast in Manila by Sangleys, caliber three libras,
length thirty calibers.
Two patereroes, new casting of Manila, caliber eight libras, length
thirteen calibers.
One demi-saker, new casting of Manila, caliber three and a half libras,
length thirty-one calibers.
One demi-saker of the same casting, caliber two libras, length thirty
diameters.
In the said fort are six pieces.
_Fort of Nuestra Senora de Guia_
One demi-cannon, old casting of Manila, caliber sixteen libras,
length twenty-two calibers.
Two sakers, old casting of Manila, caliber six libras, length
twenty-eight calibers.
One paterero of the same casting, caliber twelve libras, length
eleven calibers.
Another paterero, new casting of Manila, caliber eight libras, length
thirteen diameters.
One bell-mouthed piece, caliber six libras, length twelve calibers.
One demi-cannon, old casting of Manila, caliber sixteen libras,
length twenty-two calibers.
In the said fort there are seven pieces.
_Curtain on the Water-front_
One paterero, new casting of Manila, caliber eight libras, length
thirteen calibers, in front of the palace.
One saker, cast in Mexico, caliber six libras, length thirty-one
calibers, in the middle of the curtain.
There are on the water-front two pieces.
_Plaza de Armas_
One demi-saker, cast in Acapulco, caliber three libras, length thirty
calibers.
One saker, cast in Acapulco, caliber three libras, length thirty
calibers.
One saker, cast in Yngalaterra, caliber eight libras, length
twenty-eight calibers.
One demi-saker cast in Flandes, caliber four libras, length thirty
calibers.
Another demi-saker, of the same casting and the same style.
Another demi-saker, old casting of Manila, caliber four libras,
length twenty-eight calibers.
Another demi-saker of the same casting, caliber four libras, length
thirty calibers.
There are in the said plaza six pieces.
_In Cavite_
There are two sakers which came from Terrenate--one cast in Manila,
caliber six libras; and the other in Flandes, caliber seven libras.
There are also four falcons, large patereroes, which were brought in
the said ship.
In the magazines 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.
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