[95] See the various letters relating to the controversy between the calced and discalced religious of the Order of St. Francis, in _Vol_. XX of this series. [96] An early law of _Recopilacion de leyes_ (lib. v, tit. viii, ley xxix) thus rules the taking of fees: "In the Filipinas Islands all the notaries and officials entitled to them shall collect their fees, according to, and in the quantity provided and ordained for our Audiencia of Mejico, so far as it shall not have been altered by the laws of this book." [Felipe II; Toledo, May 25, 1596, ordinance 61.] [97] The residencia of the governor was later ordered to be taken in accordance with the following law, found in _Recopilacion de leyes,_ lib. v, tit. xv, ley v: "The governor and captain-general of the Filipinas appointed by us, shall, as soon as he enters upon the exercise of his duties, take the residencia of his proprietary predecessor, or his predecessor _ad interim_, even should he not hold our special commission. But shall he have been so entrusted by us, he shall proceed by virtue of it, in accordance with law. In either case, he shall send a report of the residencia to the Council, as is usual." [Felipe IV; Madrid, December 4, 1630.] [98] See descriptions of the disease called scurvy, in Pyrard de Laval's _Voyage_ (Hakluyt Society's translation, London, 1890), ii, pp. 390-392; and _Jesuit Relations_ (Cleveland reissue), iii, pp. 51, 53. [99] See the full and interesting description given by Pyrard de Laval (_Voyage_, ii, pp. 180-214) of the Portuguese trading vessels on the India line (_naus de carreira_), practically the same as the Spanish vessels described by Rios Coronel; and of their construction, equipment, crews, lading, management, etc. On p. 214 is an engraving of one of these great ships. [100] See decrees relating to this in _Vol_. XIV, pp. 182, 270. [101] This is the fiber obtained from the husk of the cocoanut; the word is of Indian origin, and from it is derived the English "coir." See, with description of the manner in which this fiber is manufactured into rope in India, Pyrard de Laval's _Voyage_, i, pp. 250, 285: ii. pp. 374, 443.