The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XXIV, 1630-34

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Title: The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XXIV, 1630-34 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century
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Commentator: Edward Gaylord Bourne
Editor: Emma Helen Blair James Alexander Robertson
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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898
Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century,
Volume XXIV, 1630-34

Edited and annotated by Emma Helen Blair and James Alexander Robertson with historical introduction and additional notes by Edward Gaylord Bourne.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME XXIV
Preface 11
History of the Augustinian order in the Filipinas Islands (concluded). Juan de Medina, O.S.A.; 1630 [but printed at Manila, 1893]. 29
Documents of 1630-1633
Royal letters and decree. Felipe?IV; Madrid, December 4-31, 1630. 183 Letter to Felipe?IV from the bishop of Cebú. Pedro de Arce; Manila, July 31, 1631. 188 Royal orders, 1632-33. Felipe?IV; Madrid, January-March, 1632, and March, 1633. 192 Letters to Felipe?IV. Juan Ni?o de Tavora; Manila, July 8, 1632. 197 Events in Filipinas, 1630-32. [Unsigned]; Manila, July 2, 1632. 229 Letter from the ecclesiastical cabildo to Felipe?IV. Miguel Garcetas, and others; Manila, [undated, but 1632]. 245
Documents of 1633-1634
Papal bull concerning missions. Urban?VIII; Maduti, June 28, 1633. 263 News from the Far East, 1632. Fray Juan García, O.P.; Sevilla, 1633. 273 Letters to Felipe?IV. Juan Cerezo de Salamanca; Manila, August 14, 1633. 279 Report of archbishop on the bakery of Manila. Hernando de Guerrero; Manila, August 3, 1634. 295 News from Felipinas, Japon, and other parts. [Unsigned]; Manila, August 20, 1634. 297 Letters to Felipe?IV. Juan Cerezo de Salamanca; Manila, August 10, 1634. 301
Bibliographical Data. 339

ILLUSTRATIONS

Augustinian convent at Manila; photographic view from a plate in possession of Colegio de Agustinos Filipinos, Valladolid. Frontispiece. Interior of Augustinian church, Manila; photographic view from plate in possession of Colegio de Agustinos Filipinos, Valladolid. 61 Map of the island of Hermosa or Formosa, a portion of China, and of the island of Manila or Luzón; photographic facsimile of engraving in Boletín de la Sociedad Geográfica de Madrid, for February, 1882 (Madrid, 1882), xii, no. 2; from copy in the Library of Congress. 151 View of volcano and town of Ternate (with inset showing fortress of Gamma-Lamma); photographic facsimile of engraving in Valentyn's Beschryving der Moluccos (contained in vol. i, Oud en Nieuw Oost Indien, Dordrecht and Amsterdam, 1724), first part, p. 4; from copy in library of Wisconsin State Historical Society. 281

PREFACE
More than half of this volume is occupied with the concluding installment of Juan de Medina's early Augustinian history. He recounts the leading events therein, from one provincialship to another, and furnishes biographical sketches of the more prominent members of the order: and he relates various important secular events, especially those bearing on the work of the missionaries. The most striking occurrences in this period (1602-30) are the coming to the islands of missionaries from the Recollect branch of Augustinians, the assassination of the provincial Sepúlveda, the frequent attacks on the colony by the Dutch, and certain revolts among the natives. Miscellaneous documents, dated 1630-34, comprise the rest of the volume. Affairs in the islands are in fairly prosperous condition, in the main; the insurgent natives have been pacified, the religious orders are at peace, the Dutch have been quiet of late, and the Japanese trade shows some signs of revival. More missionaries are needed, as also more care in selecting them. The treasury is heavily indebted, and has not sufficient income; and trade restrictions and Portuguese competition have greatly injured the commerce of the islands. Of painful interest to the Philippines are the cruel persecutions that still rage in Japan.
Medina, continuing his history, recounts the choice of Lorenzo de León as provincial of the Augustinian order, and his subsequent deposition; but this is stated in brief and cautious terms. In 1602 Pedro de Arce (later bishop of Cebú) is elected to that high post; Medina extols the virtues and ability of this