Volume 30 — Commerce between the Philippines and Nueva España (continued 2)
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I the King
By command of the king our sovereign:
Don Gabrièl de Ocaña y Alarcòn
Decree in which his Majesty commands that a hearing be given in a court of justice to the citizens of the city of Manila, regarding their claim that they be not included in the condemnations and compositions of the 900,000 pesos; and [it is declared] that it is his Majesty’s intention that they should not pay what they do not owe.
I the King
By command of the king our sovereign:
Don Gabrièl de Ocaña y Alarcòn
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · The present document is taken from the Extracto historial, a work compiled (Madrid, 1736) by order of the Spanish government, for its informNote 2 · Thus in the original; but in the following expansion of these points eight of them are enumerated, indicating an oversight on the part of thNote 3 · According to Crawfurd (Dict. Ind. Islands, p. 38) this is the form, in the native languages, of the name that Europeans write Bantam, applieNote 4 · i.e., Hindostan (see VOL. XVII, p. 252). The grave accent is here used in the word Mogòr, simply as following the usage of the Extracto, whiNote 5 · St. Martin, one of the Antilles, was a resort for French pirates and Dutch smugglers until 1638, when it was captured by the Spaniards. It wNote 6 · The alcabala, an excise duty collected on all sales of commodities, was derived from the Moors, and was more or less imposed in Spain from tNote 7 · Raynal thus describes Acapulco, in his History of Settlements and Trade in Indies (Justamond’s translation, London, 1783), iii, pp. 378, 379Note 8 · Talinga is defined by Noceda and Sanlucar (Vocab. lengua Tagala, third ed., Manila, 1860) as manta de Ilocos (“Ilocos blanket”). It is apparNote 9 · Encarnación (Dicc. Bisaya-Español, Manila, 1885) says, after defining the word as here: “The word lompot eminently signifies ‘piece;’ and thNote 10 · “An indiscreet or ill-directed zeal distracted from labors and persistent effort those colonists, who themselves were inclined to inactivityNote 11 · Silkworms and the cultivation of the mulberry tree, for both of which the country is naturally adapted, were introduced into Mexico by CortéNote 12 · On fol. 24 verso of the Extracto, the surname Barahona is added to this man’s name as here given.Note 13 · Under the rule of Felipe III and Felipe IV, the economic and financial affairs of Spain fell into a ruinous condition. The indolence and incNote 14 · Marginal note: “It stands thus in the original”—referring to a doublet of three and a half (printed) lines, which the Extracto has reproduceNote 15 · A variation in Palafox’s title, apparently due to some clerical oversight. It is not, however, incorrect, since Tlascala was the earlier seaNote 16 · Apparently referring to the paper recording the composition of 1635; and the wording of this sentence in the decree would imply that the 600Note 17 · Thus in the Extracto; but the statement appears to be a non sequitur, and suggests the probability of some words being omitted.Note 18 · The King. To the reverend father in Christ, Don Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, bishop of the cathedral church of Tlaxcala,15 member of my royal Note 19 · But it is a fact that, according to that agreement, what had to be done was to appraise all that came registered—as had been done during the