Note 16 — INSURRECTIONS BY FILIPINOS IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
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The queen of Joló, Tuambaloca, wrote at the same time, asking permission to come to end her days in the island of Basilan, and all was so secure from war that she remained as arbiter of peace for all the islands of Samboangan; and, as such, even the governor of Manila availed himself of her power16 in order to pacify the disturbances in the islands....