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Relation of 1586-88.—The text of this document is obtained from Cartas de Indias, pp. 637-652; but the location of the original MS. is not indicated by the editor of that work.

Decree of August 9, 1589.—This is obtained from the "Cedulario Indico" in the Archivo Historico Nacional, Madrid; its pressmark is: "Tomo 7, f° 301, no 449."

Customs of the Tagalogs.—This is one of the appendices to Santa Inés's Crónica; see vol. ii, pp. 592-603.

The Chinese and the Parián.—This is translated from Retana's Archivo del bibliófilo filipino, iii, pp. 47-80.

All the remaining documents presented in this volume, are obtained from the Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla, and are translated either from the originals or from transcripts thereof; the pressmark of each is indicated as follows:

1. Letter by Vera (1588).—"Simancas—Secular; Audiencia de Filipinas; cartas y expedientes del gobernador de Filipinas, vistas en el Consejo; años 1567 á 1599; est. 67, caj. 6, leg. 6."

2. Letter by Salazar (1588).—"Simancas—Eclesiastico; Audiencia de Filipinas; cartas y espedientes