Volume 22 — Law IV
Reading edition
The governor shall have particular care not to impose personal services on the Sangleys, outside of their [usual] employment and rules; and he shall endeavor to give them good treatment, in order to induce and incite others to go thither, to be converted to [144] our holy Catholic faith. [Felipe III—San Lorenzo, September 5, 1620.]
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · This law, dated Ventosilla, April 15, is as follows: “Notwithstanding the claims of the alcaldes-in-ordinary of Manila, as to trying jointlyNote 2 · It is advisable for the security of the city of Manila, the island of Luzon, and all the other islands of that government, that the number oNote 3 · The licenses that the governor of Filipinas shall issue so that some Sangley Chinese may remain in the islands, shall be with the consent ofNote 4 · The Sangleys converted to our holy Catholic faith shall not pay tribute for the first ten years after their conversion; after that time it sNote 5 · The Sangley Chinese of Filipinas have a box with three keys, in which each Sangley deposits twelve reals per year in order to meet their obl