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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 27 of 55, 1636-37

Note 7 — Corcuera’s Triumphant Entry into Manila

James Alexander Robertson translation

Barrantes adds (pp. 310–317) copies of these verses, and of others which were evidently used on the arch above mentioned; and states that Father Lopez, at the end, informs his correspondent that these stanzas were composed, the scrolls lettered, and the address committed to memory, between seven o’clock at night and seven the next morning, on account of the short time available before the entry of the governor.

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