The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 38, 1674-1683: 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 38, 1674-1683: 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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among those who had embarked thereon was Father Gerónimo de Ortega,
[46] who had been appointed by the said order procurator-general for
your royal court and that of Roma, with his companion, Father Luis de
Morales. [47] This arrogant act was perhaps occasioned by seeing the
said procurator and his companion lade on the ship various goods which
they ordinarily send to the Marianas for the support and maintenance
of the fathers who reside there, and of the others who (as is generally
and publicly known) are aided by the said fathers with their accustomed
charity and zeal. For these purposes they employ the liberal alms with
which your Majesty has been pleased to coöperate in the promotion of
a work so to the service of God our Lord, in that and other labors--as
in the missions of China and other realms, where they are occupied in
preaching the holy gospel. Besides, [I must not omit mention of] the
disinterested manner in which they proceed in the administration of
the missions which they occupy; this is sufficient testimony to their
being so far removed from transactions of that sort, and evidence
that we can and ought to understand; for every one knows that they
do not exact fees for burials or marriages, or other functions. In
this condition has remained the litigation of the said fathers--who
are protected by your royal Audiencia; and since it is necessary
for a definite account of the proceedings in future, I refer you in
everything to the official legal report of the Audiencia. May our Lord
prosper your Majesty with the happiness and success that Christendom
needs for its protection and promotion. Manila, February 24, 1683.
Francisco, bishop of Nueva Segovia.
[Endorsed: "Manila; to his Majesty; 1683. The bishop of Nueva Segovia,
Don Francisco Pizarro. Received on May 19, 1685, by the hand of Diego
Altamirano, procurator of the Society." These lines are followed by a
brief synopsis of the bishop's letter, and the comment, "Thus far no
letter has been received from the Audiencia; but recently letters have
come from the bishop of Nueva Caceres, Don Fray Andres Gonzalez, and
the assistant bishop Barrientos, which mention, among other matters,
the commercial transactions of the Society; and this information has
been handed to the fiscal."]
[Endorsed: "Council; let two other letters be brought--one from this
bishop, and the other from the assistant bishop Duran."]
[Endorsed: "Council; June 4, 1685. Carry this to the fiscal, so that
he can examine with it all the other papers relating to this subject;
and let a clerk make a brief of the whole matter."]
INSURRECTIONS BY FILIPINOS IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
Gadanes; 1621
[An account of this uprising is given by Aduarte in book ii,
chap. xvii, of his Historia; see our VOL. XXXII, pp. 113-120.]
In Bohol and Leyte; 1622
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