nt. As I wish to be informed more minutely concerning what is
expedient in this matter, and whether an increase of the said duties
would or could result in any inconvenience whatsoever, and for what
reason; and, in case that there is no objection, to what extent the
duty can be increased--I command you to send a report thereof, with
your opinion. Done at Denia, on the sixteenth of August, of the year
one thousand five hundred and ninety-nine.

_I The King_

Countersigned by _Juan de Ybarra_.

Signed by the Council.

I [the King:] to the archbishop of Manila.

[_Endorsed:_ "To the governor and Audiencia of the Philippinas; let
them give information concerning the report that the duties can be
raised on the merchandise from China."]

Documents of 1600

The pacification of Mindanao. [Unsigned and undated; 1600?]
Oliver van Noordt's attack on Luzon. Francisco Tello, and
others; October-December.

_Source_: These documents are obtained from MSS. in the Archivo
general de Indias, Sevilla.

_Translations_: The first document is translated by Robert W. Haight;
in the second, the commission to Morga is translated by James
A. Robertson; the instructions to him and to Alcega, by Jose M. and
Clara M. Asensio; the account of the battle, by Arthur B. Myrick,
of Harvard University, and James A. Robertson.

The Pacification of Mindanao

_Concerning the pacification of the island of Mindanao; in the
year 1600_

In the relation of the last year you will have learned how occurred
the death, in the pacification of the island of Mindanao, of Estevan
Rodriguez de Figueroa, who offered to carry out this pacification
under the conditions which he stipulated with Gomez Perez Dasmarinas,
formerly governor of these islands--copies of which were sent to
his Majesty, and to master-of-camp Juan de Lajara, formerly of
the said expedition, who succeeded to his place when the camp was
abandoned, and came to Manila. Don Francisco Tello, governor and
captain-general of the said Philipinas Islands, who at that time
had taken possession of the government was considering how to aid
and stimulate the said pacification at the expense of the heirs
of Estevan Rodriguez, and with the agreement of the captains and
persons who were long resident and experienced in war in the said
islands. Don Juan Ronquillo was appointed commander of the galleys,
to prosecute the said pacification; and in the meantime, in order