To the purveyor and deputies of the financial board of the holy
Misericordia: Of the hostages brought from Jolo by General Don Pedro
Almonte, twenty-odd Moros with their servants live here, and the
others are going [back] with the conditions for the peace that they
have made and the tribute which they are to pay. I have thought it
best to petition your Graces to be pleased to receive two of those
chiefs in the house of the holy Misericordia, in order that they may
be instructed in the Christian doctrine, and be gradually converted
and become Christians. This is a work that is befitting to that house,
until the time when all the other inhabitants of Jolo become quiet and
are reduced to obedience. Two or three will be assigned in the same
manner to the orders. If any needs arise with the lapse of time, I
beg your Graces to have me advised, so that I may have them supplied;
and also to entrust the instruction of those chiefs to a careful
person. May our Lord preserve your Graces as I desire. The palace,
October 26, 1639. [40]