teach the natives very evil customs. In everything I shall always
try to further the service of God and your Majesty, as I was ordered
to do, and is my duty. May our Lord preserve your Majesty's Catholic
person as is needful. Manila, August twelve, 1597.

_Don Francisco Tello_



Documents of 1598



Letter to Antonio de Morga. Juan de Ronquillo; January 4.
Report of conditions in the Philippines. Antonio de Morga; June 8.
Recommendations as to reforms needed in the islands. [Unsigned
and undated; 1598?]
Reception of the royal seal at Manila. Francisco Tello, and others;
June 8.
Letters from the archbishop of Manila to Felipe II. Ygnacio de
Santibañez; June 24 and 26.
Letters from the bishop of Nueva Segovia to Felipe II. Miguel de
Benavides; June 30 and July 5.
Letters to Felipe II. Francisco Tello; June 17-July 9.
Report of the Audiencia on the conduct of Tello. Antonio de Morga,
and others; July 15.



_Source_: All these documents are obtained from original MSS. in the