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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 16 of 55: 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

History

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 16 of 55: 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

By order of King Filipo an army was formed from all this people, in
order to attempt to take the forts of Maluco. Don Goncalo Ronquillo
de Penalosa was governor. Although he had received beforehand certain
information by way of trade and the spies that had gone there, he
was not satisfied with them, and sent another soldier to Maluco. The
latter changed his clothes, and then with that and his aspect,
which was not unlike that of the natives, and their language, which
he spoke fluently, went to Tydore. He found our men very desirous of
the enterprise, and the king of that island ready to push it with his
forces. He went to Ternate with the merchants, and saw the fortresses
and the reefs about the ports; and sounded their friendship with
the English. He found that the latter landed and traded securely--or
rather, as if by right. Nor was the multitude of secret Christians
unknown to him, who would take up arms in due season; nor any of the
other things, that, as an experienced spy, it was necessary for him to
report. Thereupon Ronquillo prepared about three hundred Spaniards and
more than one thousand five hundred Filipinos, with ammunition, food,
and sailors. With three large vessels and a considerable number of
smaller ones, he set sail toward Maluco at the proper season. Pedro
Sarmiento was general, an energetic and experienced man, who still
lives in Manila. He set out courageously and energetically, in order
to destroy any of the enemies then sailing those seas. Several days
previous his Majesty had appointed Pablo de Lima to the charge of
Ternate, if it were gained; and had allowed his brother, Francisco
de Lima, the concession of two voyages to Maluco, in consideration of
their services and those of Henrique, their father. Pablo had married
a Christian woman, and a devout one, although she was a relative
of the king of Tydore, who is not a Christian. For this reason, and
because he possessed in Ternate the ancient inheritance to the towns of
Guita, Mofaquia, Mofaguita, Pauate, Pelueri, Sansuma, Tahane, Mayloa,
and Soma; and in the island of Maquien, Sabele, Talapao, Talatoa,
Mofabouaua, Tabalola, Tagono, Bobaba, and Molapa--of the majority of
which the Ternatan king had dispossessed him, as well as Bitua and
other towns in Tydore, on the pretext of his having abandoned them--he
went to Manila, where he discussed with the governor the method of
facilitating the conquest, on the very eve of its execution. His
counsel was favored, and he gave it as it was his own cause. For,
in addition to the inheritance that the king of Ternate had usurped
from him, he expected to get the island of Moutil, which had belonged
to his ancestors. The expedition was also authorized by the presence
of Don Juan Ronquillo, the governor's nephew, who held equal authority
by land and sea with Sarmiento. If there were anything wanting, it was
thought that it would be supplied easily by the valor of the soldiers,

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History

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 16 of 55: 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

By order of King Filipo an army was formed from all this people, in
order to attempt to take the forts of Maluco. Don Goncalo Ronquillo
de Penalosa was governor. Although he had received beforehand certain
information by way of trade and the spies that had gone there, he
was not satisfied with them, and sent another soldier to Maluco. The
latter changed his clothes, and then with that and his aspect,
which was not unlike that of the natives, and their language, which
he spoke fluently, went to Tydore. He found our men very desirous of
the enterprise, and the king of that island ready to push it with his
forces. He went to Ternate with the merchants, and saw the fortresses
and the reefs about the ports; and sounded their friendship with
the English. He found that the latter landed and traded securely--or
rather, as if by right. Nor was the multitude of secret Christians
unknown to him, who would take up arms in due season; nor any of the
other things, that, as an experienced spy, it was necessary for him to
report. Thereupon Ronquillo prepared about three hundred Spaniards and
more than one thousand five hundred Filipinos, with ammunition, food,
and sailors. With three large vessels and a considerable number of
smaller ones, he set sail toward Maluco at the proper season. Pedro
Sarmiento was general, an energetic and experienced man, who still
lives in Manila. He set out courageously and energetically, in order
to destroy any of the enemies then sailing those seas. Several days
previous his Majesty had appointed Pablo de Lima to the charge of
Ternate, if it were gained; and had allowed his brother, Francisco
de Lima, the concession of two voyages to Maluco, in consideration of
their services and those of Henrique, their father. Pablo had married
a Christian woman, and a devout one, although she was a relative
of the king of Tydore, who is not a Christian. For this reason, and
because he possessed in Ternate the ancient inheritance to the towns of
Guita, Mofaquia, Mofaguita, Pauate, Pelueri, Sansuma, Tahane, Mayloa,
and Soma; and in the island of Maquien, Sabele, Talapao, Talatoa,
Mofabouaua, Tabalola, Tagono, Bobaba, and Molapa--of the majority of
which the Ternatan king had dispossessed him, as well as Bitua and
other towns in Tydore, on the pretext of his having abandoned them--he
went to Manila, where he discussed with the governor the method of
facilitating the conquest, on the very eve of its execution. His
counsel was favored, and he gave it as it was his own cause. For,
in addition to the inheritance that the king of Ternate had usurped
from him, he expected to get the island of Moutil, which had belonged
to his ancestors. The expedition was also authorized by the presence
of Don Juan Ronquillo, the governor's nephew, who held equal authority
by land and sea with Sarmiento. If there were anything wanting, it was
thought that it would be supplied easily by the valor of the soldiers,

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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