[11] Diaz here says (_Conquistas_, p. 385): "The fathers from the provinces of Espana interposed an appeal from the fuerza [committed] by this act, saying that the said judge had not authority to postpone the matter, but only to execute [the decree]; and from this proceeded continual disputes until the time for the chapter-meeting." [12] The prior general of the Augustinians in 1634, the date of this bull, was Jerome de Rigoliis, of Corneto, elected May 18, 1630; he died (out of office, however) seven years later, in June, 1637, at the age of seventy and upwards. In 1636 (May 10), his successor in the generalship, Hippolytus dei Monti, was elected.--Rev. T. C. Middleton, O.S.A. [13] Castel Gandolpho, a beautiful place in the Alban Hills, was the summer resort of the supreme pontiffs.--Rev. T. C. Middleton, O.S.A. [14] _i.e._, "should the petition be grounded on fact." [15] _i.e._, "because the said fathers are not qualified in sufficient number," and "in the distribution of the said offices." [16] In the manuscript that we follow the letter of March 31 is given second, while that of April 5 is given first; we have arranged them chronologically. [17] Garo: probably the same as _garita_; a fortified outpost? [18] The translation of this passage seems to be, "If God fights against a city, he who guards it watches in vain." The difficulty lies in "_a custodierit_," which we translate as "fights against." [19] Sulu, the chief island of the group of that name, has an area of 333 square miles. It contains numerous mountains, some of them nearly 3,000 feet high; and their slopes are covered with magnificent forests. Of the ancient town of Sulu (the residence of the "sultan"), on the southern shore, hardly a trace remains; the present town of that name was built by the Spaniards in 1878, and is modern in style. See _U. S. Gazetteer of Philippines_, pp. 842-850. [20] "Four groups having different customs may be distinguished among the inhabitants of the archipelago: the Guimbajanos, or inhabitants of the mountains, who are the indigenes; the Malay and Visayan slaves, whose descendants have intermarried; the Samales, an inferior race, though not slaves; the true Moros, who trace their origin from the Mohammedan invaders, and who dominate the other inhabitants." "Physically the Sulu natives are superior to the ordinary Malay type, and, according to Streeter, are a strange mixture of villainy and nobility." (_U. S. Gazetteer_, pp. 845, 846.) [21] _Babui_, in their language, signifies "pig;" apparently they called the Spaniards "swine," as expressing the acme of contempt for their besiegers. [22] "Thanks be to God who has given us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."