NOTES

[1] This document is presented in both Spanish text and English
translation.

[2] This document is presented in both Spanish text and English
translation.

[3] A pretender to the Portuguese throne, who occupied it for a short
period (in 1580) in the interim between Henrique's death and Felipe's
accession, see _Vol_. I, pp. 355, 356.

[4] Alonso Sánchez was born at Mondejar, in 1547; and became a
novice in the Jesuit order (June 18, 1565), at Alcala. In 1579,
he went to Mexico; and two years later, with Bishop Salazar, to the
Philippines. He was sent to Macao in 1582 to receive for Felipe II the
allegiance of the Portuguese at that place. Stanley, in his edition
of Morga's _Sucesos_ (p. 402) says: "The library of the Academy of
History, Madrid, contains a Chinese copy of a chapa, by which the
mandarins of Canton allowed a Portuguese ship to come and fetch Padre
Alonso Sanchez and the dispatches from Machan (Moluccas)." In 1586
Sánchez was commissioned by the governor and Spanish inhabitants of
the Philippines to go to Rome and Madrid in their behalf; documents
which explain this embassy will be presented in later volumes of
this series. He died at Alcala, May 27, 1593. Sommervogel cites
(_Bibliothèque Comp. Jésus_, viii, col. 520, 521) various writings
by Sánchez, mainly on missionary affairs, or on the relations between