Item:  No one shall dare go to the Sangley ship anchored at this port, in order to avoid the insults and damage that the soldiers are wont to inflict on the said Sangleyes.  If they need anything, they shall send their slaves to buy it.  They shall in no point infringe the above regulation, under penalty of punishment to him who shall act contrary to this, with all the severity allowed by law.  In order that this paper may be manifest to everyone, it shall be read and proclaimed in all the ships of the fleet, in the presence of the commanders.  Given on the galley “Espiritu Santo,” on the twenty-first of March, one thousand five hundred and seventy-nine.

Don Juan Arce de Sadornil

By order of the captain: 

Manuel de Caceres

(Thereupon, on the said day, month, and year above stated, I, the said notary, read and proclaimed the decree above set forth, by order of the captain, to the soldiers of the said galleys, in the presence of the commanders.  They said that they heard and would obey it.  Witnesses were Francisco de la Mesquita, Juan de Santiago, and Pedro Granado.

I attest the same: 

Manuel de Caceres, notary)

I, Gonzalo de Santiago, notary elect, certify to all who may see this present, that, on the fourteenth day of the month of June, one thousand five hundred and seventy-eight, Rahayro, panguilan of Borney, who calls himself king of Xolo, surrendered himself as a vassal to his Majesty, King Don Phelipe, king of Castilla and Leon, for himself and his descendants.  In token of recognition and vassalage, he gave twelve pearls and thirty-five taes of gold for himself and his vassals, which are the islands of Xolo, Treguima, Camboanga, Cavite, and Tavitavi, his subjects and vassals.  The said Rahayro bound himself and his descendants from this day to recognize King Don Felipe, our sovereign, king of Castilla and Leon, and to be subject to the crown of Castilla and Leon; and as such, he, the above-named, will give the yearly recognition and tribute which shall be assigned to him.  This said vassalage was made by the said Rahayro, in virtue of an act of war.  The illustrious Esteban Rodriguez de Figueroa, captain of infantry for his Majesty, justified the war on his part.  He had two engagements with the above king, one in the town of Xolo, and the other at the foot of a large rock in the open field.  Having conquered them, just as he was about to enter their fort the said king of Xolo came out peacefully and rendered obedience to his Majesty, as above stated.  Therefore I gave the present, so that the above declaration may stand in the records.  Witnesses were Ensign Alonso Osorio, Sergeant Mateo Sanchez, Alvaro de Angulo, Rodrigo Sanchez, Luis de Santacruz, Juan Lorenco, Juan Lope de Leon, and many other soldiers.  Therefore I affix here my signature and accustomed flourish, in testimony of truth.  The said captain signed it with his name.