The said Gomez Perez was charged also to construct a moderate-sized coasting fleet of a few galleys or fragatas to guard and cruise along the coasts, and prevent the thefts and damages that the Japanese were wont to inflict throughout them, especially in the districts of Gagaian and Yllocos.  There they were wont to capture the Chinese vessels that bring food and merchandise to the said islands.  This was the cause of great loss, and an impediment to commerce and plenty.  Likewise the fleet could be used to prevent the Chinese, on their return to their country, from harming the natives of the above-mentioned islands, to afford protection against Chinese and Bornean pirates, and to oppose any other acts or attempts of foreigners.  In conformity with this order, the said Gomez Perez had eight galleys built, which he had well manned.  They were of great use for the protection and defense of those lands.  Therefore it is desirable that they be maintained.  Hence I order you to see that they are well manned and provisioned.  You must keep close watch over the conscripts, so that the fate of Gomez Perez may not occur again.  You shall have another galley built to replace the one lost.  Inasmuch as you must maintain the roll of men complete, you are advised that if you find that the scruples raised by certain men, in regard to the Indian slaves bought by the said Gomez Perez in order to man the said galleys, as there were no other men available for them, are still in force, then it will be advisable for you and the archbishop, together with those persons whom you both think advisable, to discuss this matter, and to determine how the galleys can be maintained and manned without the said scruples; or that those who have those scruples, may tell how the land may be made secure without them.  You shall advise me of everything and of the account given to you by the commander and officers of the said galleys, as to their condition, adequacy, and services.

Upon your arrival at those islands, and when you shall have taken charge of your office, you shall investigate the new method and conditions by which new invasions and pacifications may be lawfully made; also the smallness of the number of men, the slight cost, and the great ease and advantage with which they should be made, because of the division of the country into many islands and among many petty rulers, who easily come to blows among themselves, and ally themselves with the Spaniards, and hence can be preserved with but few soldiers.  Since the petition in regard to the pay and number of the soldiers there was conceded—­and you must keep the soldiers in good discipline, and satisfied and well-paid—­you shall make the said expeditions of entry and pacification with great forethought and justification.  You shall observe the ordinances in the instructions for new discoveries, which shall be given you, and shall not transgress them one jot or tittle in regard both to what is pacified during your term, and to conserving that, as well