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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 35, 1640-1649

Note 1 — FISCAL’S REPORT ON SANGLEY LICENSES

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“The imposition of gabels, tolls, vectigals,1 tributes, and other assessments and personal contributions, whether patrimonial or mixed,2 belongs by natural, divine, and human right only to the sovereign and absolute majesty of princes, who do not recognize any superior.”

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