Law XXVII

We charge and order the viceroys of Nueva Espanña that the troops

that they send to Filipinas be useful, and that they go armed; and

that the men go to the governor of the islands to ask for the pay that

the captains take from their soldiers. In regard to this the governor

shall take legal action and punish those whom it touches. [Felipe

III--Denia, August 16, 1599.]

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