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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 08 of 55, 1591-1593

Note 1 — Ordinance Forbidding the Indians to Wear Chinese Stuffs

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Spanish viñas; here used metaphorically, since the natives then obtained their wine from the palm-tree, and from rice, etc. See Vol. III, p. 202; iv, p. 67; and V, p. 169. Cf. U.S. Philippine Commission's Report (1900), iii, pp. 264–266.

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