Note 12 — Events in Manila, 1662–63
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Cf. with this description the fortifications indicated on Muñoz’s map, mentioned ante, p. 243, note 50.
In order to prevent the enemy from fortifying large buildings outside the walls, “orders were issued to demolish the churches of Santiago, Bagumbaya, Hermita, Malate, Parañaque, Dilao, San Lazaro, the Parian, and Santa Cruz—besides various country houses which the Spaniards own in those environs.” (Murillo Velarde’s Hist. de Philipinas, fol. 272.)