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All the documents presented in this volume, except four, are obtained from the Archivo general de Indias at Sevilla, and are translated from our transcriptions of the original MSS. They are located as follows:

Peñalosa's two letters: In the patronato "Simancas—Secular; Audiencia de Filipinas; cartas y expedientes del gobernador de Filipinas, vistos en el Consejo; años 1567 á 1599; est. 67, caj. 6, leg. 6."

Loarca's "Relation:" In " Simancas—Filipinas; descubrimientos, descriptiones y poblaciones de las Yslas Filipinas; años 1537 a 1565—1° hay 2°; est. 1, caj. 1, leg. 1|23." In the Real Academia de Historia, Madrid, is a copy of this document, made by Muñoz; it is somewhat modernized in spelling, capitalization, etc. A copy of Muñoz's transcription is in Lenox Library. The original MS. is without date; but internal evidence, with Peñalosa's statement in his letter to the king (The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803/Volume 4, p. 315), shows that Loarca wrote his account of the islands in June, 1582. In the same legajo with this document is the "Report on offices saleable;" but, as the dates show, both are misplaced here. They probably belong in the same patronato as that in which are found the next two documents.