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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 42, 1670-1700: 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 42, 1670-1700: 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

We command that all these tariffs and statutes shall be observed and
fulfilled to the letter by the said our curas for natives, in this
city and in the rest of the parishes that are outside its walls, and by
their sacristans, without transgressing them in any way--under penalty
of four times the amount involved, incurred for every infraction,
and of being punished in accordance with the law. And no other person,
whatever his rank may be, shall dare to transgress these our mandates,
under penalty of legal proceedings against him, under the penalties
due to those who are disobedient. We command that the curas shall
keep these said tariffs displayed and posted in some public place,
where they can be read and understood by all persons. And that this
may be evident for all time, we command to be issued and we do issue
the present, signed with our name, and countersigned by our secretary,
as undersigned. In our archiepiscopal palace at Manila, on the fifth
day of the month of November in the year one thousand, six hundred
and ninety-eight.


Diego, archbishop of Manila.

By command of his most illustrious Lordship the archbishop, my master:

Francisco Sanctos de Oliveros, secretary.

[Here follow several notarial attestations.]



Memorial by the religious orders

The lecturer Fray Jaime Mimbela, of the Order of Preachers, and
definitor-general of the province of Santo Rosario; Fray Juan Antonio
de San Agustin, an Augustinian Recollect; and Antonio Xaramillo, of the
Society of Jesus--procurators-general of their provinces of Filipinas
and holding powers of attorney for the holy orders of St. Dominic,
St. Francis, St. Augustine, the Society of Jesus, and the Recollect
Augustinians who live in the said islands for the conversion of the
infidels and the maintenance [in the faith] of those who are already
converted therein--conforming to the new orders from their provincials
which they have received (dated February 13 of the past year 1699),
in regard to what has thus far been alleged and represented, make
the following declaration:

[Sire:]

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