The contents of this letter, written this year, one thousand five
hundred and ninety-nine, by the king of Burney to his Highness
Don Francisco Tello, knight of the Order of Santiago, governor and
captain-general of the Philipinas Islands for the king our sovereign,
and president of the royal Audiencia and Chancillería resident therein,
and translated by a good and exact interpreter, are as follows.
Soltan Adil Lula:
Letter of friendship sent by the king of Burney to Don Francisco Tello,
captain-general of the fortress of the city of Manila, because of the
information I have received that he governs that city exceedingly well,
not only for the service of God, but furnishing justice to the regions
about, with protection to the poor--whereat I have rejoiced greatly,
and all the nobles and natives of my kingdom have done the same.
I received the letter that your Lordship sent me through Hernando,
Don Francisco Tael, and Don Joan Solit. It gave me much happiness,
for I understood thoroughly the message conveyed by it to me from
your Lordship. I am exceedingly rejoiced in heart and mind, for I
desire fast friendship with the captain-general of Manila. Therefore,
I request that, when my vassals go to Manila, you will give them
kind treatment; and I shall do the same when men from Manila come
to my country. This is in token of friendship, and if this is always
observed, I shall be very glad, and likewise if you will have pity on
the Burneys. I received two Burneys, whom the Spaniards had captured;
they arrived at my court. And, inasmuch as your Lordship orders me,
in your letter that I receive, to send any Sangleys that I might
have here to Manila, I am now sending two who were captured by the
Camutones; one is named Bonzhuan and the other Adali. I am sending
them to your Lordship as a token of lasting friendship with the
Burneys. Furthermore, I am sending five taes of camphor, of Burney
weight, and three large Burney mats. And that your Highness may not
jest at my present, know that I am sending you a [_word uncertain
in MS_.]
The above translation was made by Constantino Xuarez and Miguel Yaat, a
native of Burney. They declared it to have been thoroughly and exactly
made, without any change of sense. They signed the same before me,
Estevan de Marquina, alcalde-mayor of Tondo and its district, for the
king our sovereign. July twenty-seven of the said year, one thousand
five hundred and ninety-nine. [7]
_Estevan de Marquina_
+
_Constantyno Xuarez_
[_Miguel Yaat_]
[_Endorsed_: "Original letter written by the king of Burney to Don
Francisco Tello, governor of the Phelippinas, translated from the
Burney tongue into Castilian."]