be written, which we place at the end, in
order to qualify better the labor of Ours, and to conquer the calumny
of those who attempted to obscure and stifle the fervor with which
the Reform commenced the reduction of the barbarous infidels.

_To the vicar-general of the discalced Augustinians_

"Very reverend father:

"Your Paternity will have learned that a letter was presented and read
in the assembly of the sacred Congregation of the Propaganda of the
Faith, received from the bishop of Zibu, etc. The most illustrious
lord cardinals have received most special pleasure in learning from
it the great number of convents that the religious of your order have
built in the Philippinas, and also the great harvest that they are
gathering in the conversion of those heathen by their example and
their good and holy customs. Inasmuch as the said bishop lives with
steadfast hopes of greater progress and advancement if he were again
aided and reenforced with other laborers of their order, such as they,
and resembling them, the sacred Congregation, attentive to this,
petitions your Paternity, with the affection and earnestness that
the salvation of so many souls merits, to effect and strive anew,
with all the earnestness and care possible, to provide new religious
and workers for those so remote and needy regions. We assure your
Paternity that it will be a great service to God and to the holy
apostolic see. And also that act will be one of great pleasure
to their Excellencies the cardinals. The latter advise you that,
in the missions conducted by your Paternity, the contents of the
decree enclosed herewith should be observed and obeyed. Besides this,
the sacred Congregation, in consideration of the services that your
Paternity's order has rendered to the holy apostolic see, has thought
best to protect that order with great pleasure and good-will, etc.

_Cardinal Ludovisi_
_Francisco Ingoli_, secretary."

_To the very reverend fathers the father provincial and the definitors
of the discalced Augustinians in the Philippinas Islands_

"Very reverend fathers:

"The relation of the progress that your Reverences have made in those
districts in the conversion of the heathen, and of the efforts put
forth and the hardships suffered for the said object, having been
referred to this sacred Congregation of the Propaganda of the Faith,
his Holiness and these my most illustrious Lordships, after having
received most special consolatio