1600.  Soon afterward he went to Spain on business of his order, arriving there in September, 1603.  There he obtained a reenforcement of missionaries for the Philippines, arriving at the islands in August, 1606.  He was again despatched to Spain (July, 1607), where he remained until 1628; he then returned to the Philippines with another missionary band.  He was seen afterward elected prior of the convent at Manila, and later became bishop of Nueva Segovia; but exercised the latter office only a year and a half, dying in the summer of 1636.  Aduarte’s Historia de la provincia del Sancto Rosario (Manila, 1640) is his chief work; we shall present it in later volumes of this series.  See biography of Aduarte in Resena biografica de los religiosos de la provincia del Santisimo Rosario de Filipinas (Manila, 1891), pp. 148-172.

[9] Master (Latin magister, Spanish maestro):  a title of honor given to religious of venerable age or distinguished services; see Du Cange, s.vv. dominus ordinis, magister ordinis.

[10] So in the MS., but apparently an error of cuatro for cinco ("five"), as the evidence of this and the other documents of this group indicates that this warrant was given in 1605, not 1604.

[11] The garment placed by the tribunal of the Inquisition upon persons who, after trial, became penitent and were reconciled to the church.

[12] San Juan de Ulua (or Lua, also Ulloa), in Mexico, was thus named (1518) for St. John and in honor of Juan Grijalva, one of Cortes’s officers, who in that year discovered Yucatan.  In the summer of the following year, Cortes founded, not far from this place, the city of Vera Cruz.

[13] In our copy of this document (the official transcript) the text reads que son 80 pesos; but as in half a year but two of these tri-yearly payments would be made, it seems more probable that this was intended for 20 pesos.

[14] Gabriel Quiroga de San Antonio came to the Philippines in 1595, and was assigned to the mission among the Chinese in Binondo; but he could not learn their language, and, becoming discouraged thereat, returned to Spain.  Finally, being troubled by his conscience for having abandoned his post, he obtained permission from his superiors to conduct a band of new missionaries to the islands.  Embarking with them, he was overcome by sickness and the hardships of the voyage, and died before reaching Mexico (1608).  He was appointed (apparently after his departure on this journey) bishop of Nueva Caceres.

[15] The word “factory,” as here used, refers to the place where the factors, or agents, of a commercial company reside and transact the business entrusted to them.

[16] These names are merely phonetic renderings of the names of certain Dutch cities.  Absterdaem and Ambstradama are for Amsterdam; Yncussa (and probably Cuyssem), for Enkhuysen (or Enchuysen); Campem, for Campen; Amberes, for Antwerp; Millburg, for Middleburg; Horrem, for Hoorn.  Olanda and Gelanda are for Holland and Zeeland.