_Memorandum of All the Artillery in the Fortifications of Manila,
June_ 20, 1607
_Fort of Santiago_
One half-culverin, old casting of Manila, choke-bored, caliber fourteen
libras, twenty calibers in length.
One full-sized saker of the same casting, caliber ten libras, length
thirteen calibers.
Another of the same casting, a paterero, [37] caliber eleven libras,
length fourteen calibers.
Another paterero of the same casting, caliber ten libras, and thirteen
calibers in length.
Two bastards, casting Mexican--one of twenty-seven calibers, and the
other choke-bored--of twenty-four calibers, caliber ten libras.
One saker, old Manila casting, caliber six libras, length thirty
calibers.
One culverin, caliber nineteen libras, old Manila casting, choke-bored,
twenty-nine calibers in length.
One demi-saker, Mexican casting, caliber three and a half libras,
length thirty-two calibers.
One bastard saker, Genoese casting, caliber six libras, length
twenty-four calibers.
One paterero, Portuguese casting, caliber eleven libras, length
fourteen calibers.
One demi-saker, cast in Piru, caliber three and a half libras, length
twenty-nine calibers.
One saker, caliber six libras, cast in Flandes, thirty calibers
in length.
Another saker, cast in Mexico, caliber six libras, thirty-four calibers
in length.
One paterero, old Manila casting, caliber eight libras, length
fourteen diameters.
Another similar paterero.
Two catapults, new Manila casting, caliber twenty libras.
One paterero of the same casting, caliber fifteen libras, length
fourteen diameters.
One saker, cast in Mexico, caliber five and a half libras, length
thirty calibers.
One cannon, old Manila casting, caliber thirty-seven libras, length
twenty calibers.
One demi-saker, cast in Flandes, caliber four libras, length thirty
calibers.
One demi-saker, cast in Flandes, caliber four libras, length thirty
calibers.
One demi-saker, cast in Piru, caliber three libras and a half, length
twenty-nine calibers.
One demi-saker, old Manila casting, caliber four libras, length
thirty-one diameters.
One paterero, cast in Portugal, caliber thirty-one libras, fourteen
calibers in length.
In all, there are in the said fort twenty-six pieces.
_Breastwork of S. Gabriel in Parian of the Sangleys_
One paterero of Portuguese casting, caliber fourteen libras, length
thirteen calibers.
One demi-cannon cast in Manila, old style, caliber sixteen libras,
length twenty-two calibers.
One passe-volante, cast in Flandes, caliber five libras, length
four calibers.
One paterero, cast in Manila, caliber thirteen libras, length thirteen
calibers.
One demi-saker, old Manila casting, caliber three and a half libras,
length thirty-two calibers.
One saker cast in Mexico, caliber five libras, length thirty calibers.
In the said breastwork there are six pieces.
_Breastwork of Dilao_
One demi-saker of three libras caliber, old casting of Manila, length
thirty-three calibers.
One saker, old casting of Manila, caliber seven libras, length
twenty-nine calibers.
Another saker, cast in Mexico, caliber one libra, length thirty-two
calibers.
One paterero, cast in Portugal, caliber thirteen libras, length
thirteen calibers.
In the said breastwork there are four pieces.
_Breastwork of S. Andres near the Foundry_
Two patereroes, new casting of Manila, caliber eight libras, length
thirteen calibers.
One demi-saker of the same casting, caliber three and a half libras,
length thirty diameters.
Another demi-saker, old casting of Manila, caliber three and a half
libras, length thirty calibers.
One passavolante [_i.e._, small culverin], cast in Flandes, caliber
five libras, length forty calibers.
One saker, cast in Mexico, caliber seven libras, length twenty-eight
calibers.
In the said fort there are six pieces.
_Breastwork of S. Pedro near the New Port_
One saker cast in Mexico, caliber five libras, length thirty-two
calibers.
One demi-saker cast in Manila by Sangleys, caliber three libras,
length thirty calibers.
Two patereroes, new casting of Manila, caliber eight libras, length
thirteen calibers.
One demi-saker, new casting of Manila, caliber three and a half libras,
length thirty-one calibers.
One demi-saker of the same casting, caliber two libras, length thirty
diameters.
In the said fort are six pieces.
_Fort of Nuestra Señora de Guia_
One demi-cannon, old casting of Manila, caliber sixteen libras,
length twenty-two calibers.
Two sakers, old casting of Manila, caliber six libras, length
twenty-eight calibers.
One paterero of the same casting, caliber twelve libras, length
eleven calibers.
Another paterero, new casting of Manila, caliber eight libras, length
thirteen diameters.
One bell-mouthed piece, caliber six libras, length twelve calibers.
One demi-cannon, old casting of Manila, caliber sixteen libras,
length twenty-two calibers.
In the said fort there are seven pieces.
_Curtain on the Water-front_
One paterero, new casting of Manila, caliber eight libras, length
thirteen calibers, in front of the palace.
One saker, cast in Mexico, caliber six libras, length thirty-one
calibers, in the middle of the curtain.
There are on the water-front two pieces.
_Plaza de Armas_
One demi-saker, cast in Acapulco, caliber three libras, length thirty
calibers.
One saker, cast in Acapulco, caliber three libras, length thirty
calibers.
One saker, cast in Yngalaterra, caliber eight libras, length
twenty-eight calibers.
One demi-saker cast in Flandes, caliber four libras, length thirty
calibers.
Another demi-saker, of the same casting and the same style.
Another demi-saker, old casting of Manila, caliber four libras,
length twenty-eight calibers.
Another demi-saker of the same casting, caliber four libras, length
thirty calibers.
There are in the said plaza six pieces.
_In Cavite_
There are two sakers which came from Terrenate--one cast in Manila,
caliber six libras; and the other in Flandes, caliber seven libras.
There are also four falcons, large patereroes, which were brought in
the said ship.
In the magazines there are two or three falcon patereroes.
_Flag-Ship of the Galleys_
One piece, one-third cannon caliber, cast in Acapulco, caliber eleven
libras, length twenty-two calibers.
Two small culverins [_moyanas_]--cast one in Ynglaterra, caliber
three libras; the other in Manila, caliber two libras.
Four catapults, two discharging stone balls of twenty-five libras,
and the other two of thirteen libras, new casting of Manila.
On the said galley there are seven pieces.
_Second Galley, "San Lorenço"_
One piece, one-third cannon caliber, cast in Acapulco, caliber eleven
libras, length twenty-two calibers.
Two catapults, new casting of Manila, caliber seventy-three libras.
Two small culverins [_moyanas_] of the said casting, caliber one libra.
On the said galley are five pieces.
_Recapitulation of the Artillery_
Fort of Santhiago 26 pieces
Breastwork of S. Gabriel 6 ,,
Breastwork of Dilao 4 ,,
Breastwork of S. Andres 6 ,,
Breastwork of S. Pedro 6 ,,
Fort of Nuestra Señora de Guia 7 ,,
Curtain of the Water-front 2 ,,
Plaza des Armas 6 ,,
Cavite 2 ,,
In the said Cavite, falcon patereroes 4 ,,
Magazines, falcons 2 ,,
Flag-ship Galley 7 ,,
Second Galley 5 ,,
83 ,,
I, Alonso de Bienbengud, commander of the artillery of our lord the
king in this his royal military station of Manila in the Philipinas
Islands, certify that the artillery declared in this list and
memorandum is placed and distributed in the forts, breastworks,
traverses, and other places named therein, and that it is of the
character described; in witness whereof these presents are signed with
my name. Manila, the sixth of July, one thousand six hundred and seven.