I hereby certify to the same:

_Alonso Beltran_, his Majesty's notary) [22]

(On this day, the very illustrious Doctor Francisco de Sande, governor

and captain-general for his Majesty in these islands, showed this

letter to father Fray Martin de Rada, religious of the order of

St. Augustine, whom he is taking with him in the said expedition,

so that he might examine it, as a matter resolved on by both. He,

having read it, pronounced it good and said that it could be sent to

the said king of Borney.

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