Grijalva simply said that Quiñones "concerned himself with Tagalog and
made a vocabulary and grammar of it." [32] Antonio [33] referred to
Grijalva, and carried the matter no further. San Agustin, describing
the Franciscan chapter of 1578, wrote:


"It was determined moreover in this chapter that P. Fr. Juan
de Quiñones, prior of the Convent of Taal in Tagalos, and
Fr. Diego de Ochoa, prior of Bacolor in Pampanga, should
compose and fashion grammars, dictionaries, and confessionaries
in the two languages [respectively Tagalog and Pampanga] in
which they had ventured; which they executed very promptly
and well, and these were of great use to those who came to
these islands, for they had these by which they could study
the languages." [34]


Later, San Agustin, again mentioning Quiñones, referred to Grijalva,
and added as an additional source for his information Tómas de
Herrera. Sicardo [35] added nothing new. Herrera, not cited directly
by Beristain, may however have been the source from which the "Imp." of
his entry came. Herrera wrote:


"He [Quiñones] was the first to have learned the Tagalog
language of which he published a grammar and dictionary as
an aid to the ministers of the gospel."