The Philippine Islands, 1493–1898/Volume 7/Documents of 1589
DOCUMENTS OF 1589
Excerpt from a letter from the viceroy of India. [Manuel de Sousa Coutinho]; April 3.
Letter to Felipe II. Santiago de Vera; July 13.
Conspiracy against the Spaniards. Santiago de Vera, and others; May-July.
Letter to Felipe II. [Gaspar] de Ayala; July 15.
Decree regarding commerce. Felipe II; August 9.
Instructions to Dasmariñas. Felipe II; August 9.
Customs of the Tagalogs (two relations). Juan de Plasencia, O.S.F.; October 21.
Sources: All but the fifth and the last of these documents are obtained from MSS. in the Archivo general de Indias. The decree of August 9 is taken from the "Cedulario Indico" in the Archivo Historico Nacional, Madrid; and Plasencia's accounts of the Tagalogs, from Santa Inés's Crónica, ii, pp. 592-603.
Translations: The first of these documents is translated by Arthur B. Myrick, of Harvard University; the second and fourth are by José M. and Clara M. Asensio; the third and fifth, by Alfonso de Salvio, of Harvard University; the sixth, by James A. Robertson; the seventh, by Frederic W. Morrison, of Harvard University.