Documents of 1593


The second embassy to Japan. G. P. Dasmariñas, and others;
April-May.
Two letters to Felipe II. G. P. Dasmariñas; June 20.
Memorandum of troops required in the Philippines. [1593?]
Letter to the king of Camboja. G. P. Dasmariñas; September 27.


_Sources_: These translations are all obtained from MSS. in the
Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla.

_Translations_: Part of the first document is translated by Consuelo
A. Davidson; the rest of this, and the remaining documents in this
group, by James A. Robertson.



The Second Embassy to Japan


[_Statement by Faranda_]

My lord the emperor Conbacondo [1] sends me as his ambassador to your
Excellency, as the representative of King Philippe, to ask that we
maintain hereafter the peaceful relations required by the close bond of
true friendship and fraternity, for which reason I, in the name of my
lord the emperor Conbacondo and as his ambassador, ask his Majesty King
Philippe and your Excellency to accept and receive that friendship,