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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 29 of 55, 1638–40

Note 3 — Relation of the Insurrection of the Chinese

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This was Luis Arias de Mora, an advocate belonging to the Manila Audiencia; according to Diaz (p. 404) he was even more avaricious and extortionate than his predecessors in the alcaldía of La Lacuna, and so oppressed those Chinese that in desperation they decided, to kill him—which they did with much and barbarous cruelty.

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