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 Ribera's letter, and the instrument establishing the Audiencia of Manila: In a patronato which bears the same title as the preceding one, but covers the years 1582 to 1606. These two documents are in "est. 1, caj. 1, leg. 3|25"—the Audiencia decree being also designated as "r$o$ 1, no. 11."

Salazar's letter of 1582: In "Simancas—Eclesiastico; Audiencia de Filipinas; cartas y expedientes del arzobispo de Manila, vistos en el Consejo; años de 1579 á 1599; est. 68, caj. 1, leg. 1."

Letter of Juan Baptista Roman: In "Simancas—Secular; Audiencia de Filipinas; cartas y expedientes de los oficiales reales de Filipinas, vistos en el Consejo; años 1564 á 1622; est. 67, caj. 6, leg. 29."

The "Instructions for the commissary of the Inquisition" is found in the Archivo general of Simancas; our translation is made from a transcription of the original MS. Its pressmark is: "Consejo de Inquisicion; libro 762, folio 170."

The Salazar "Relation" of 1583 we translate from the text given in Retana's Archivo del bibliófilo filipino, iii, no. 1.

The papal decrees regarding the Dominicans are obtained from Hernaez's Colección de bulas, i, pp. 527, 528.