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
Demarcation line of Alexander VI; Missions -- Philippines; Philippines -- Discovery and exploration; Philippines -- History -- Sources
3. _Item_: Inasmuch as the envy of two or three men, who try, by means
of trickery, to prevent and thwart any affair or action of another, is
very usual and well known in this country; and it is to be presumed of
these men that they will not, even if they can, pardon this conquest;
and as they say slyly that the share of the citizens in the cargo
may be so large that there is no one who can buy any of the tonnage,
or use other artful means, or say that at least the tonnage must be
sold cheaply, at less than fifty pesos a share--in order that, as the
proceeds therefrom will be slight, the conquest and exploration might
not be made: to correct the above, it is necessary to ordain that no
one, under heavy penalties, can sell the piezas granted to him until
the eighty toneladas are sold--which are given them, in accordance
with the royal decrees, not to be sold, but for export purposes. We
might make public by proclamations, public criers, or edicts, the
provisions regarding this matter, and order the officials who regulate
the cargo not to lade any pieza without certification by the receiver
of the freight, of what one shall have sold, given, or transferred
to another in any way, under penalty of losing his office as manager
of the cargo, and one hundred pesos' fine for each pieza thus laded.
4. _Item_: In order that volunteers may be induced to serve on this
occasion, a moderate ration of rice and wine shall be given them
from that bought with the money received for the tonnage. This is
a matter of slight importance, since in a whole year, even if there
be a hundred and fifty volunteers [_aventureros_], the sum does not
amount to one thousand five hundred pesos.
5. _Item_: That we may build the forts and fortresses of stone, or
wood, as was determined by the council of war, or sun-dried mud bricks,
for the preservation and defense of what is obtained from the price
of the tonnage, or from the tributarios that shall have been pacified
in the said province and mountains of Ygolotes, measures for this
purpose being taken by three councils of war on different days. That
we be authorized to appoint wardens, their deputies, and the other
necessary officers in order to govern, defend, and faithfully guard
the said forts and fortresses in the name of his Majesty, together
with what garrison soldiers are necessary--to whom we may assign pay
in proportion to the importance of the stronghold, after consultation
with the council of war. The pay of these shall be a charge on the
royal treasury, and be paid on their presentation of their title and
appointment as wardens, assistants, and other officers and soldiers.
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