_Relation of 1586-88_.--The text of this document is obtained from
_Cartas de Indias_, pp. 637-652; but the location of the original
MS. is not indicated by the editor of that work.
_Decree of August 9, 1589_.--This is obtained from the "Cedulario
Indico" in the Archivo Historico Nacional, Madrid; its pressmark is:
"Tomo 7, fº 301, nº 449."
_Customs of the Tagalogs_.--This is one of the appendices to Santa
Inés's _Crónica_; see vol. ii, pp. 592-603.
_The Chinese and the Parián_.--This is translated from Retana's
_Archivo del bibliófilo filipino_, iii, pp. 47-80.
All the remaining documents presented in this volume, are obtained
from the Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla, and are translated either
from the originals or from transcripts thereof; the pressmark of each
is indicated as follows:
1. _Letter by Vera_ (1588).--"Simancas-Secular; Audiencia de Filipinas;
cartas y expedientes del gobernador de Filipinas, vistas en el Consejo;
años 1567 á 1599; est. 67, caj. 6, leg. 6."
2. _Letter by Salazar_ (1588).--"Simancas-Eclesiastico; Audiencia de
Filipinas; cartas y espedientes del arzobispo de Manila vistos en el
Consejo; años de 1579 á 1599; est. 68, caj. 1, leg. 32."
3. _Letter by viceroy of India_.--"Simancas-Secular; Audiencia de
Filipinas; cartas y expedientes del presidente y oidores de esta
Audiencia vistos en el Consejo; años 1583 á 1599; est. 67, caj. 6,
leg. 18."