as well that for the natives as that for the Sangleys, as has been
said. It is also a great good, glory, and service to our Lord, and a
cause of great satisfaction and consolation that the results obtained
from them are great; and there will be great enthusiasm from this
day forward because they are in charge of persons who are servants of
God, free from personal interests, who for God, His love and service,
give their efforts to this work. Of this advantage it is right that
this royal hospital should have the fruit, because it is not the
least important, and that it should not suffer, and remain as it is.

_Luis Perez Dasmariñas_



Letters from Francisco Tello to Felipe II


Sire:

Last year, as soon as I arrived in these islands, I wrote to your
Majesty what had taken place, taking into account the short time that I
had spent here. I was afterward told that the people of Terrenate were
coming to these your Majesty's islands to inflict injuries upon your
subjects and vassals, and that the natives of Mindanao were helping
them in this. The conquest of Mindanao being in charge of the heirs
of the late Esteban Rrodriguez de Figueroa, who was killed there,
I insisted on their continuing that pacification, giving them men at
your cost, and appointing, as general and leader, Don Juan Ronquillo,
supplying them with what they needed from your Majesty's storehouses,
the supply being ample. All was charged to the estate of Esteban