for and send thither useful people, and to see to it that settlers of good character go thither.  In order that this may be done, and that they may live and remain there, you will see to the careful and rigorous execution of the orders already given concerning the trade of the Philipinas with your country of Nueva Espana, and that the object be attained for which it is permitted—­that is, that it be directed to the settlement and conservation of the said islands and applied to the benefit and advantage of the citizens—­taking care that nothing be done which shall transgress any order which has been given in the matter, or which may be so given in the future, and with great care favoring the interests of the said islands.  In this you will please me.

Given at Zamora, on the sixteenth of February, in the year one thousand six hundred and two.

I, The King

Countersigned by

Joan de Ybarra

Signed by the Council.

[Endorsed: “To the Viceroy of Nueva Spana, concerning the settlement of the Philipinas Islands, and directing him to send useful people there.”]

Nuns for Santa Potenciana

The King:  To the Conde de Monterrey, my kinsman, and viceroy, governor and captain-general of Nueva Spana, or to the person or persons in whose charge the government thereof may be:  Don Francisco Tello, my governor and captain-general of the Philipinas Islands, has informed me of the prosperous condition of the seminary of Sancta Potenciana at Manila, where girls are sheltered, and of the retirement and the exemplary lives which they lead, and that many of them intend to remain in the said seminary.  I wrote to you to send them, from Nueva Spana, two religious women for the said seminary, but you answered to the effect that none of them dared to go.  As this is of great importance, and should be carried out, for the establishment of that seminary and the settlement there of professed nuns, and that its inmates may be thoroughly trained in piety, I charge and command that you that, in any event, you make arrangements to send there the said two religious women from one of the convents of your country, and that they shall be persons of approved character—­and this on account of the great service which this will be for our Lord; and you shall advise me of what is done in the matter.

Given at Camora, on the sixteenth of February, in the year one thousand six hundred and two.

I, The King

Countersigned by

Joan de Ybarra

Signed by the Council.

[Endorsed: “To the viceroy of Nueva Spana, directing him to send thence to the Philipinas certain religious for the establishment of a seminary.”]

Pintados Menaced by Mindanao Pirates

Testimony which Captain Gallinato sent to the governor of the Filipinas concerning the help which the king of Terrenate is giving to the Mindanaos.