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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 35, 1640-1649: 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

History

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 35, 1640-1649: 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

22. Four leguas up in the mountains is the convent of San Salvador
of Cavinte, with 120 tributes, or 450 persons. Its church and house
are of planks, and two religious live there.

23. Three leguas east is the convent of San Luis of Luchán, with
400 tributes, or 1,600 persons. Its church and house are of stone,
and it has two religious.

24. Four leguas thence is the convent of San Miguel of Tayabas, with
500 tributes, or 2,000 persons. Its church and house are of stone,
and two religious live there.

25. One legua thence is the convent of Santa Clara of Sadyaya, with
100 tributes, or 380 persons. Its church and house are of stone,
and it has one religious.

26. Along the seacoast is the convent of Santa Buenabéntura of Mahubán,
with 200 tributes, or 800 persons. Its church and house are built of
bamboo, because the former ones were burned by the Dutch enemy. It
has two religious.

27. Ten leguas thence by sea is the convent of San Marcos of
Binangonan, with 120 tributes, or 400 persons. It has one visita, at a
distance of 8 leguas by the sea and ten by land. It has one religious.

28. Thirty leguas by sea is the convent of San Luis of Baler, with
300 tributes, or 1,200 persons. Its church and house are of wood,
and two religious live there.

29. Twenty-four leguas by sea is the convent of Casiguran, of San
Antonio, with 320 tributes, or 1,200 persons. Its church and house
are of bamboo, and one religious lives there; for his associate lives
at a visita called Palanan, which has 250 tributes, or 700 persons.

30. On the other side of Maubán, toward the province of Camarines, and
six leguas by sea, is the convent of Antimonan, with 250 tributes, or
1,000 persons. Its church and house are of bamboo, for the former ones
were twice burned by the Dutch enemy. One religious lives there. [The
following seems to have been added later:] Now it is all stone,
and the best in the province.

31. Eight leguas by sea is the convent of San Diego of Gumaca, with
200 tributes, or 800 persons. Its church and house are of bamboo as
the former ones were burned by the Dutch enemy. It has one religious.

32. Ten leguas by sea is the convent of Santa Lucía of Capalongan,
with 100 tributes or 400 persons. Its church and house are of bamboo,
as the former ones were burned by the Dutch. One religious lives there.

33. Twelve leguas thence is the convent of La Purificación, of
Paracali, with 200 tributes, or 800 persons. Its church and house
are of bamboo, as the former ones were burned by the Dutch enemy.

34. The chief convent of Manila, of Nuestra Señora de los Angeles,
has twenty-five religious continually--ten of whom are priests, and
the others choristers and lay-brothers--for the proper administration
of the convent. They are supported by alms from the city, except as
regards the vestments, medicine, fowls, clothing for the sick, wine
for the mass, and oil for the lamps, which is the alms given by his
Majesty (may God preserve him).

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History

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 35, 1640-1649: 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

22. Four leguas up in the mountains is the convent of San Salvador
of Cavinte, with 120 tributes, or 450 persons. Its church and house
are of planks, and two religious live there.

23. Three leguas east is the convent of San Luis of Luchán, with
400 tributes, or 1,600 persons. Its church and house are of stone,
and it has two religious.

24. Four leguas thence is the convent of San Miguel of Tayabas, with
500 tributes, or 2,000 persons. Its church and house are of stone,
and two religious live there.

25. One legua thence is the convent of Santa Clara of Sadyaya, with
100 tributes, or 380 persons. Its church and house are of stone,
and it has one religious.

26. Along the seacoast is the convent of Santa Buenabéntura of Mahubán,
with 200 tributes, or 800 persons. Its church and house are built of
bamboo, because the former ones were burned by the Dutch enemy. It
has two religious.

27. Ten leguas thence by sea is the convent of San Marcos of
Binangonan, with 120 tributes, or 400 persons. It has one visita, at a
distance of 8 leguas by the sea and ten by land. It has one religious.

28. Thirty leguas by sea is the convent of San Luis of Baler, with
300 tributes, or 1,200 persons. Its church and house are of wood,
and two religious live there.

29. Twenty-four leguas by sea is the convent of Casiguran, of San
Antonio, with 320 tributes, or 1,200 persons. Its church and house
are of bamboo, and one religious lives there; for his associate lives
at a visita called Palanan, which has 250 tributes, or 700 persons.

30. On the other side of Maubán, toward the province of Camarines, and
six leguas by sea, is the convent of Antimonan, with 250 tributes, or
1,000 persons. Its church and house are of bamboo, for the former ones
were twice burned by the Dutch enemy. One religious lives there. [The
following seems to have been added later:] Now it is all stone,
and the best in the province.

31. Eight leguas by sea is the convent of San Diego of Gumaca, with
200 tributes, or 800 persons. Its church and house are of bamboo as
the former ones were burned by the Dutch enemy. It has one religious.

32. Ten leguas by sea is the convent of Santa Lucía of Capalongan,
with 100 tributes or 400 persons. Its church and house are of bamboo,
as the former ones were burned by the Dutch. One religious lives there.

33. Twelve leguas thence is the convent of La Purificación, of
Paracali, with 200 tributes, or 800 persons. Its church and house
are of bamboo, as the former ones were burned by the Dutch enemy.

34. The chief convent of Manila, of Nuestra Señora de los Angeles,
has twenty-five religious continually--ten of whom are priests, and
the others choristers and lay-brothers--for the proper administration
of the convent. They are supported by alms from the city, except as
regards the vestments, medicine, fowls, clothing for the sick, wine
for the mass, and oil for the lamps, which is the alms given by his
Majesty (may God preserve him).

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

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