he is blamed for an insurrection
in Tidore which has replaced its king with another who is friendly to
the Dutch. The port of Cavite must be well maintained and provided with
supplies. No ships from India have arrived, probably because the Strait
of Malacca and the neighboring waters have been infested by the Dutch.

Little is said about ecclesiastical affairs. "The orders are conducting
themselves in an exemplary manner, except that they often usurp the
royal jurisdiction, under pretext of defending the natives, and take
away the authority from the alcaldes-mayor." The acting archbishop
is commended, and recent appointments are mentioned.

_The Editors_

March, 1905.

HISTORIA DE LA ORDEN DE S. AGUSTIN DE ESTAS ISLAS FILIPINAS

(Concluded)

By Fray Juan de Medina, O.S.A., Manila, 1893 [but written in 1630].

_Source_: Translated from a copy of the above work, in the possession
of the Editors.

_Translation_: This document is translated (and in part synopsized)
by James A. Robertson.

HISTORY OF THE AUGUSTINIAN ORDER IN THE FILIPINAS ISLANDS

By Fray Juan de Medina, O.S.A.

(Concluded)

CHAPTER XXX

_Of the first election of our father Fray Lorenzo de Leon_

With the fourth of May, 1596, all the capitular religious of this
province of Santisimo Nombre de Jesus of Filipinas assembled, and
without much debate cast their votes for father Fray Lorenzo de
Leon, [1] a native of the city of Granada, and son of the house
at Mejico, whose learning, ability to preach, and other good
qualities made him very well known, and caused him to be elected
without opposition. Accordingly he won the contest as provincial,
to the general liking of all the religious of the province, both
those voting and those who had no vote. All were assured that he
would govern rightly because of his prudence, and beyond doubt his
government was all that. The province during his term had the honor
and repute that was proper. Since his method of procedure was alike
for all the religious, it was necessary in the following chapter to
retire the provincial to his devotion; and one may infer that in that
it acted more for the common welfare than its own.

Thereupon, the voting religious being assembled, cast their votes,
without any opposition, for Fray Juan de Montesdoza, [2] son of
the house at Mejico, a native of