The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 20 of 55: 1621-1624; 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 20 of 55: 1621-1624; 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
judge, the Audiencia [or] the good governor. But as with the protector
they never escape from spending their money, but rather, I think, spend
more, and the most who have suits, waste their poor resources on the
procurators and lawyers, it seems to be a matter worthy of reform,
and that the Sangleys either should have no protector who is not a
protection to them, but a trouble (or at least for most of them),
or that your Majesty order that he perform the duties of the office
with his salary as fiscal; for I certify that many offenses to God
will cease. And since they claim that it is not an office of honor,
there is a mystery therein, especially since I, having charged against
Don Juan de Alvarado that he was taking that salary without orders
from your Majesty, the succeeding fiscal knowing that, and Don Juan
de Silva having revoked that communal tax, the preceding fiscal has
agreed with the present governor that the communal tax on the Chinese
be again established, and that the salary be assigned from it. That
is a very flimsy pretext, so that the fiscals may not perform their
duties faithfully against the governor. Will your Majesty order what
shall be most suitable for this particular, and for whatever else is
mentioned herein.
Lastly, I have made known by other letters to your Majesty that from
my arrival in this country, although I keep about, I have ever been
ill and a sufferer from sickness, besides which I have had several
dangerous illnesses in bed, so that I cannot serve your Majesty
here as I desire. I trust, God willing, that I shall have better and
better occasions to serve your Majesty in another place, for which
reason I petition your Majesty to be pleased not to consider my slight
services, but only my good desires by promoting me to the occupation
of greater favors and honors, and especially to satisfy me for the
insults that the governor has cast on me in your Majesty's service,
and for the many dangers through which I have passed in my endeavors
to have your Majesty served and obeyed loyally and as is fitting.
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