the conduct of attorneys in court,
and the procedure necessary to institute actions.]

242. [Attorneys must be present to inspect the taxation of costs.]

243. [Petition for a decree is to be assigned to the next meeting of
the Audiencia.]

244. Attorneys who ask for documents beyond what the interests
of the parties require shall pay six pesos to the court-room, and
be imprisoned at the judgment of the president and auditors. This
provision shall be valid against all officials.

245. [Names of attorneys of both parties must be entered on all
judicial acts and documents.]

246. [Money sent to attorneys for costs must be immediately deposited
with the clerk, who shall keep a record.]

247. They shall accept no more fees than shall be regulated by
our president and auditors, especially in cases where Indians are
plaintiffs or defendants, under a penalty of twice the amount, for
our exchequer.

248. [Of notice to parties as to testimony on second instance.]

249. [Documents must be clearly written, without erasure, and properly
folded.]

250. [Attorneys may not receive gifts to protract causes.]

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DATA

All the documents presented in this volume, except four, are obtained
from the Archivo general de Indias at Sevilla, and are translated from
our transcriptions of the original MSS. They are located as follows:

Penalosa's two letters: In the patronato "Simancas-Secular; Audiencia
de Filipinas; cartas y expedientes del gobernador de Filipinas vistos
en el Consejo; anos 1567 a 1599; est. 67, caj. 6, leg. 6."

Loarca's "Relation:" In "Simancas-Filipinas; descubrimientos,
descriptiones y poblaciones de las Yslas Filipinas; anos 1537 a
1565--1 deg. hay 2 deg.; est. 1, caj. 1, leg. 1|23." In the Real Academia
de Historia, Madrid, is a copy of this document, made by Munoz;
it is somewhat modernized in spelling, capitalization, etc. A copy
of Munoz's transcription is in Lenox Library. The original MS. is
without date; but internal evidence with Penalosa's statement in his
letter to the king (_Vol_. IV, p. 315), shows that Loarca wrote his
account of the islands in June, 1582. In the same legajo with this
document is the "Report on offices saleable;" but, as the dates show,
both are misplaced here. They probably belong in the same patronato
as that in which are found the next two documents.

Ribera's letter, and the instrument establishing the Audiencia of
Manila: In a patronato which bea