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the order there are adopted.
With these earlier narratives may be compared that of Juan de la
Concepción, in his Historia (vols. iv and v), which contains some

matter additional to the others, although his account is largely drawn
from these. The Recollects, like the Jesuits, form "reductions" of their
scattered converts, in order to carry on their instruction more
advantageously. The difficulties between the observantine and
reformed branches of the Augustinian order are recounted with some
fulness. A singular epidemic of demoniacal obsession at Cavite is
dispelled by the religious services held at the new Recollect church
there. At the request of the bishop of Cebú, the discalced Augustinians
extend their work--a reënforcement of missionaries having arrived from
Spain--to the Visayan Islands and to Mindanao (1622); some account
of their successes in the latter region is given. They also push forward
into the Calamianes Islands and Paragua (1622). Of these islands the
writer presents an interesting account, describing their principal
products and natural resources, as well as the character and religious
beliefs of the natives. Among these people, unusually brutal and fierce,
go the undaunted Recollects, and soon establish flourishing missions,
collecting the people in "reductions." Then they send to Manila a
request that Spanish soldiers come and take possession of Paragua,
which is done. The missions spread farther, and a large part of the
island is subdued to the Christian faith and the crown of Spain.
The Editors October, 1904.

DOCUMENTS OF 1624
Ecclesiastical affairs of the Philippines. Miguel Garcia Serrano, and
others; 1574-1624. Conflict between civil and religious authorities in
Manila. [Unsigned and undated; 1624?] Seminary for Japanese
missionaries. Alvaro de Messa y Lugo, and others; July 23-August 5.
Extract from letter to Felipe IV. Miguel Garcia Serrano; August 15.
Royal orders regarding the religious. Felipe IV; August-December.

_Sources_: The first of these documents is obtained from Pastells's
edition of Celin's _Labor evangélica_, iii, pp. 674-697; the second,
from the Ventura del Arco MSS. (Ayer library), i, pp. 515-523; the
others, from the Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla--save the second of
the "Royal orders," from the "Cedulario Indico" of the Archivo

Historico Nacional, Madrid.
_Translations_: The third document is translated by Robert W. Haight;
the second part of the fifth, by Arthur B. Myrick, of Harvard University;
the remainder, by James A. Robertson.

ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS OF THE PHILIPPINES
_Royal Instructions to Gomez Perez Dasmariñas Regarding
Ecclesiastical Affairs_
The King. To Gomez Perez Dasmariñas, my governor and
captain-general of the Philipinas Islands, or the person or persons in
charge of their government: I ordered a decree of various articles to be
given to my viceroy of Nueva España, in regard to what was to be done
and observed in that country for the preservation of my patronage, as is
contained at length in the said decree, whose tenor is as follows:
"The King. To our viceroy of Nueva España, or the person or persons
who shall, for the time being, be exercising the government of that
country: As you know, the right of the ecclesiastical patronage belongs
to us throughout the realm of the Yndias--both because of having
discovered and acquired that new world, and erected there and
endowed the churches and monasteries at our own cost, or at the cost of
our ancestors, the Catholic Sovereigns; and because it was conceded to
us by bulls of the most holy pontiffs, conceded of their own accord. For
its conservation, and that of the right that we have to it, we order and
command that the said right of patronage be always preserved for us
and our royal crown, singly and in solidum, throughout all the realm of
the Yndias, without any derogation therefrom, either in whole or in part;
and that we shall not concede the right of patronage by any favor or
reward that we or the kings our successors may confer.
"Further, no person or persons, or ecclesiastical or secular communities,
or church or monastery, shall be able to exercise the right of patronage
by custom privilege, or any other title, unless it be the person who shall
exercise it in our name, and with our authority and power; and no
person, whether secular or ecclesiastical, and no order, convent, or
religious community, of whatever state, condition, rank, and
preeminence he or they may be, shall for any occasion and cause
whatever, judicially or extra-judicially, dare to meddle in any matter
touching my royal patronage, to injure us in it--to appoint to any church,

benefice, or ecclesiastical office, or to be accepted if he shall have been
appointed--in all the realm of the Indias, without our presentation, or
that of the person to whom we commit it by law or by letters-patent. He
who shall do the contrary, if he be a secular person, shall incur