Volume 9 — Documents of 1596
Reading edition
Coat-of-arms of the city of Manila. Felipe II; March 20.
Decree regarding the bishopric of Nueva Segovia. Felipe II; May 15.
Instructions for Governor Tello. Felipe II; May 25.
Letter to Felipe II. L. P. Dasmariñas; June 30.
Letter to Felipe II. Antonio de Morga; July 6.
Letter to Felipe II. Francisco Tello; July 17.
Sources: The two royal decrees are taken from Doc. inéd. Amér. y Oceania, xxxiv, pp. 95—98, 101—103; all the others are obtained from original MSS. in the Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla.
Translations: The first two documents are translated by Frederic W. Morrison, of Harvard University; the third and sixth, by James A. Robertson; the fourth and fifth, by José M. and Clara M. Asensio. Page 199