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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 36, 1649-1666: 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 36, 1649-1666: 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

[27] The title-page of this book, translated, reads as follows:
"General history of the discalced religious of the Order of the
hermits of the great father and doctor of the Church, St. Augustine,
of the congregation of España and of the Indias. Volume third:
which was written by the very reverend father Fray Diego de Santa
Theresa, pensioned lecturer, ex-definitor, and chronicler-general
of the said congregation; arranged and enlarged by Father Fray
Pedro de San Francisco de Assis, pensioned lecturer, calificador
of the Holy Office, definitor of the holy province of Aragon, and
chronicler-general. Dedicated to Nuestra Señora del Pilar [i.e., "our
Lady of the Pillar"] of Zaragoza. Containing apologetic additions
to the first volume in defense of the discalced Augustinians, in
answer to what was written against them by the father master Fray
Alonso de Villerino; and one decade, namely, from the year 1651 to
that of 1660. With license. In Barcelona; at the press of the heirs
of Juan Pablo and Maria Martí, under the management of Mauro Martí,
in the year 1743." The heading of the dedication is as follows:
"To the sovereign queen of heaven and earth, on her throne of
the pillar in Zaragoza" and it is followed by a long and curious
letter of dedication. We translate and condense from a copy owned
by the Library of Congress, which bears the following inscription:
[This book] belongs to the Library of the convent of the discalced
Augustinian fathers of Valladolid. Fray Tomas de San José, Librarian."

[28] Manobos: This name is applied to several pagan Malay tribes in
northern and eastern Mindanao, the word meaning "man"--just as many
other savage tubes in all parts of the world designate themselves as
"men" ("the men," par excellence); but Santa Theresa's description
of them does not accord with that of Dr. Barrows. (See Census of
Philippine Islands, i, pp. 461, 462.)

[29] The same name as Dávao, that of the province occupying the
southeastern part of Mindanao.

[30] i.e. "Black vomit;" a reference to the yellow fever, which is
still prevalent today in that region.

[31] i.e., "within two days' journey."

[32] i.e., "When officiating in his duties, and as far as it relates
to the care of souls."

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History

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 36, 1649-1666: 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

[27] The title-page of this book, translated, reads as follows:
"General history of the discalced religious of the Order of the
hermits of the great father and doctor of the Church, St. Augustine,
of the congregation of España and of the Indias. Volume third:
which was written by the very reverend father Fray Diego de Santa
Theresa, pensioned lecturer, ex-definitor, and chronicler-general
of the said congregation; arranged and enlarged by Father Fray
Pedro de San Francisco de Assis, pensioned lecturer, calificador
of the Holy Office, definitor of the holy province of Aragon, and
chronicler-general. Dedicated to Nuestra Señora del Pilar [i.e., "our
Lady of the Pillar"] of Zaragoza. Containing apologetic additions
to the first volume in defense of the discalced Augustinians, in
answer to what was written against them by the father master Fray
Alonso de Villerino; and one decade, namely, from the year 1651 to
that of 1660. With license. In Barcelona; at the press of the heirs
of Juan Pablo and Maria Martí, under the management of Mauro Martí,
in the year 1743." The heading of the dedication is as follows:
"To the sovereign queen of heaven and earth, on her throne of
the pillar in Zaragoza" and it is followed by a long and curious
letter of dedication. We translate and condense from a copy owned
by the Library of Congress, which bears the following inscription:
[This book] belongs to the Library of the convent of the discalced
Augustinian fathers of Valladolid. Fray Tomas de San José, Librarian."

[28] Manobos: This name is applied to several pagan Malay tribes in
northern and eastern Mindanao, the word meaning "man"--just as many
other savage tubes in all parts of the world designate themselves as
"men" ("the men," par excellence); but Santa Theresa's description
of them does not accord with that of Dr. Barrows. (See Census of
Philippine Islands, i, pp. 461, 462.)

[29] The same name as Dávao, that of the province occupying the
southeastern part of Mindanao.

[30] i.e. "Black vomit;" a reference to the yellow fever, which is
still prevalent today in that region.

[31] i.e., "within two days' journey."

[32] i.e., "When officiating in his duties, and as far as it relates
to the care of souls."

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

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