334 arrobas of cotton thread, each arroba worth 17 to 20 pesos of
said gold.
Many other small articles were brought, the value of which cannot be
given as it is not known.
By another ship which is now being loaded and which we expect every
day, it is understood that there will come a large quantity of all
the goods which these two ships have brought.
For their Majesties individually, are sent from those provinces many
jewels and crowns of gold, with silks, porcelains, rich and large
earthen jars, and other very excellent things which are sent by the
chiefs in token of their allegiance. For the first fruits of that land
two ships are being prepared in which reënforcements of two hundred
soldiers will be sent. In the meantime, more ships are being prepared
in which it is understood that many people will sail. This good news
is forwarded to his Majesty by two duplicates in different ships,
which, may it please our Lord, may arrive in safety. From Mexico,
January xj, 1574.
[_Endorsed at beginning._ "Relation of the news written from the
islands of the West, by Hernando Rrequel, government notary thereof,
and others, whose letters came in one of two ships which left the port
of Manila on the first of the month of July, 1573, and anchored at
the port of Acapulco of this Nueva Spaña on November 15 of said year."]
[_Endorsed at end:_ "News of the Phelippinas Islands." _In another
hand:_ "1573, 1574. Information about the Western (now Filipinas)
Islands and China, written by Hernando Requel, government notary
thereof, and others in the year 1573; sent from Mexico in 1574,
whence he addressed them."]