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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 27 of 55: 1636-37; 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 27 of 55: 1636-37; 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

many Chinese are in Manila that they have two villages: one that of
Vindonoc [_i.e._, Binondo], which is near the city, and composed of
married Christians; and the other the Parián--which is, as it were,
an enclosed suburb--in which live those who bring merchandise, and
all these are called Sangleys. The kingdoms of Champa, Camboxa, and
Sian, which occupy the mainland, are frontiers of war. The conquest
of Champa is regarded as lawful, by agreement of the theologians,
as its natives are notorious pirates on those who pass their coasts,
and they have many Christian captives; and because they consent to and
defend the law of Mahomet, and are nearly all Moors, as is mentioned
in a royal decree of October 13, 600. The king of Camboxa is not so
pernicious, and allows woods, which abound in his kingdom, to be taken
[thence] for shipbuilding in Filipinas, besides other products and
valuable drugs. There is a history of the ambassadors whom the king,
Apran Langara, sent to Manila, whence went to him the reënforcement
taken to him by Captain Gallinato, and the success that he had;
consequently, that kingdom has always been well affected toward the
Spaniards. The king of Sian is like him of Champa; he holds more
than fourteen thousand Christians captive, from various nations. In
the year 629, that king captured two ships from Manila in his ports,
and detained them. Therefore the governor, Don Juan Niño, sent two
galleons, which inflicted a sufficient punishment along their coast;
and then an embassy to demand satisfaction for the two ships, saying
that, if it were not given, they would continue to collect it. The
king was dead, and his son agreed to do what was demanded from
him. Thereby your Majesty's arms kept the reputation that they have
always preserved in those seas among so many Moorish and pagan kings,
and in presence of the forces of Olanda and Inglaterra.



Number 39. Sixth argument for the importance of the islands: the
effects of their preservation

The sixth and last argument which shows and proves the importance of
the islands, and how advisable is their conservation and maintenance,
consists in the excellent and considerable effects that result from it,
which, although they are numerous, can be reduced to five chief points.



Number 40. First effect of the conservation of the islands: the
promulgation of the faith

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History

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 27 of 55: 1636-37; 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

many Chinese are in Manila that they have two villages: one that of
Vindonoc [_i.e._, Binondo], which is near the city, and composed of
married Christians; and the other the Parián--which is, as it were,
an enclosed suburb--in which live those who bring merchandise, and
all these are called Sangleys. The kingdoms of Champa, Camboxa, and
Sian, which occupy the mainland, are frontiers of war. The conquest
of Champa is regarded as lawful, by agreement of the theologians,
as its natives are notorious pirates on those who pass their coasts,
and they have many Christian captives; and because they consent to and
defend the law of Mahomet, and are nearly all Moors, as is mentioned
in a royal decree of October 13, 600. The king of Camboxa is not so
pernicious, and allows woods, which abound in his kingdom, to be taken
[thence] for shipbuilding in Filipinas, besides other products and
valuable drugs. There is a history of the ambassadors whom the king,
Apran Langara, sent to Manila, whence went to him the reënforcement
taken to him by Captain Gallinato, and the success that he had;
consequently, that kingdom has always been well affected toward the
Spaniards. The king of Sian is like him of Champa; he holds more
than fourteen thousand Christians captive, from various nations. In
the year 629, that king captured two ships from Manila in his ports,
and detained them. Therefore the governor, Don Juan Niño, sent two
galleons, which inflicted a sufficient punishment along their coast;
and then an embassy to demand satisfaction for the two ships, saying
that, if it were not given, they would continue to collect it. The
king was dead, and his son agreed to do what was demanded from
him. Thereby your Majesty's arms kept the reputation that they have
always preserved in those seas among so many Moorish and pagan kings,
and in presence of the forces of Olanda and Inglaterra.



Number 39. Sixth argument for the importance of the islands: the
effects of their preservation

The sixth and last argument which shows and proves the importance of
the islands, and how advisable is their conservation and maintenance,
consists in the excellent and considerable effects that result from it,
which, although they are numerous, can be reduced to five chief points.



Number 40. First effect of the conservation of the islands: the
promulgation of the faith

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

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