_Historia general de los religiosos descalzos del orden de ... San Avgvstin_. Fray Andrés de San Nicolas; Madrid, 1664. (pp. 396-510.) _Historia general de los religiosos descalzos del orden ... S. Augustin_. Fray Lvis de Iesvs; Madrid, 1681. (pp. 1-61.) _Historia general de Philipinas_. Fray Juan de la Concepción; Manila, 1788. (Tomo iv, pp. 189-265; v, pp. 32-100.) _Sources_: The first and second of these are obtained from copies belonging to Edward E. Ayer, Chicago; the third, from a copy in the possession of the Editors. _Translations_: The matter herein presented is translated and synopsized by James A. Robertson. EARLY RECOLLECT MISSIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES GENERAL HISTORY OF THE DISCALCED AUGUSTINIAN FATHERS, BY FRAY ANDRES DE SAN NICOLAS [24] Decade II Chapter V _Now the second provincial Chapter is held. The mission to the Philippinas Islands is effectively discussed. The college of Zaragoça and the convent of Pedroso are founded. Reference to the life of Sister Polonia de los Santos_. _Year 1605_ [At the second provincial chapter meeting of the Augustinian Recollects, held in April, 1605, at the convent at Madrid, father Fray Joan Baptista de Vera was chosen provincial. At that chapter meeting, the question of the rules of the young order was taken up, with other business. After the conclusion of their business the convention dissolved, "while father Fray Joan de San Geronimo [25] was effecting his passage to the Indias, with his good companions" (pp. 396, 397).] _First mission of our religious to the Philipinas Islands_ To his arduous labor in the formation and growth of the poor discalced Augustinians, the first provincial [_i.e._, Fray Joan de San Geronimo] gave a heroic end by beginning the very observant province of San Nicolàs [26] de Tolentino, in the islands adjacent to Asia which we commonly call Philippinas.... [A short narrative of the early discoverers follows, and the beginnings of the Augustinian missions. That order proving inadequate to cope with the immense number of the infidels, the other orders are also given a part in their conversion. But the need of other laborers is still felt, and King Felipe II assents to the petition of Fray San Geronimo "to go to the Indias with twelve associates to preach the gospel, in that part that he should deem best." King Felipe "immediately decreed that he should get ready to go to the Philippinas Islands, and ordered his ministers to give him the despatches immediately. The noted and pious father had the despatches in hand before the celebration of the chapter, where after it was called to order, he presented there the decree, which received prompt obedience."]