They rejoice since they have driven very many religious away from their ministries; but it is greatly to be feared that their joy will soon be turned into mourning. For all the Pampangos, the people who occupy the most fertile and extensive region about the city of Manila--who are the bravest of all the Indians, and excel all the rest in religious fervor--are stirring up a revolt against the governor, the archbishop, the Indian clerics, and all their partisans, all of whom they threaten with death. They seem already to have leagued themselves with the Moros, to whom they have already given as captives five of the Indian clerics thrust upon them, in exchange for five Spanish soldiers, besides asking for the Augustinian fathers who were taken away from them by force. Before opening the said council [conciliabulum], the archbishop made the charge that all religious were unfit and unworthy to attend the council--a statement that he insisted each one of them should subscribe to in his own handwriting. Such as refused were [punished], some by being thrown into prison, others by being very grievously distressed. Two fathers of the Pious Schools, however, as being members of his own order, [163] he chose as secretaries of the council. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DATA The documents in the present volume are obtained from the following sources: 1. Events in Filipinas.--From Montero y Vidal's Historia de Filipinas, ii, pp. 66-70, 115-140, 229-382; from a copy in possession of the Editors. 2. Financial affairs.--From a MS. copy (probably an official duplicate of the original document), in the possession of Edward E. Ayer. 3. Letter by Viana.--From Viana's MS. book, Cartas y consultas, fol. 39v-46; apparently Viana's original letter-book for the year 1767; it is in the possession of Edward E. Ayer. 4. Anda's Memorial.--From Pardo de Tavera's publication (with many annotations), Memorial de Anda y Salazar (Manila, 1899); from a copy belonging to James A. Robertson. 5. Ordinances of good government.--From José Felipe Del-Pan's Ordenanzas de buen gobierno de Corcuera, Cruzat y Raon (Manila, 1891); from a copy belonging to the Library of Congress. 6. Instructions to the secular clergy.--From Ferrando's Historia de PP. dominicos (Madrid, 1871) v, pp. 59, 60; from a copy belonging to E. E. Ayer. 7. Expulsion of the Jesuits.--From Danvila y Collado's Reinado de Carlos III (Madrid, 1894), tomos ii, iii, from a copy belonging to the Library of Congress; Crétineau-Joly's Histoire de la Compagnie de Jésus, v, pp. 236-254, from a copy in the State Historical Library of Wisconsin; Montero y Vidal's Historia de Filipinas, ii, pp. 181-228. The decree by the archbishop is obtained from a printed copy (dated January 1, 1770) in the Archivo Historico Nacional, Madrid. 8. The council of 1771.--From a copy of the original Latin MS. (which is conserved in private archives), sent to the Editors by a friend in Germany. NOTES