[90] Jacques (Jakob) le Maire (Lemaire), the Dutch navigator, and the first to double Cape Horn, was born at Egmond, and died at sea, December 31, 1616.  His expedition to the South Seas was undertaken at the instigation of his father, Isaac le Maire, a well-known merchant, and the ships were to reach the South Seas by Magalhaes’s or any other route.  The two vessels were placed in command of Wilhelm van Schouten, and Le Maire was chosen director-general.  The ships were equipped at the port of Hoorn, and set sail June 14, 1615, from the Texel.  Passing by the south-eastern corner of Tierra del Fuego, they entered and passed through the strait that now bears Le Maire’s name January 24-26, 1616.  Between January 27 and 31, they doubled the Horn, which they named for the port of Hoorn.  October 28 of the same year after various adventures among the East Indian Islands, they cast anchor at Jacatra in Java, where the “Concorde,” the only vessel left, was sequestered as not having been sent by the Dutch East India Company; while van Schouten and Le Maire were sent to Holland to be tried, Le Maire dying as above stated.  A relation of the expedition was written by one of the participants.  See vol. iv, pp. 531-618, Recueil des voyages ... de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales (Amsterdam, 1725).

[91] The viceroy of Nueva Espana at this time was Diego Fernandez de Cordoba, marques de Guadalcazar.  He began his term October 28, 1612, and in 1621 was appointed viceroy of Peru.

[92] The lacuna at this point—­sections 10 to 14 inclusive—­with some duplications and other peculiarities in numbering, are precisely as in the original document.

[93] See the letter written to the king by Fajardo, August 10, 1619, ante. where this same abuse is mentioned.

[94] See the royal decree following this document, which was probably issued in consequence of this section of Los Rios’s letter, and which will appear in Vol.  XIX.

[95] See the various letters relating to the controversy between the calced and discalced religious of the Order of St. Francis, in Vol.  XX of this series.

[96] An early law of Recopilacion de leyes (lib. v, tit. viii, ley xxix) thus rules the taking of fees:  “In the Filipinas Islands all the notaries and officials entitled to them shall collect their fees, according to, and in the quantity provided and ordained for our Audiencia of Mejico, so far as it shall not have been altered by the laws of this book.” [Felipe II; Toledo, May 25, 1596, ordinance 61.]

[97] The residencia of the governor was later ordered to be taken in accordance with the following law, found in Recopilacion de leyes, lib. v, tit. xv, ley v:  “The governor and captain-general of the Filipinas appointed by us, shall, as soon as he enters upon the exercise of his duties, take the residencia of his proprietary predecessor, or his predecessor ad interim, even should he not hold our special commission.  But shall he have been so entrusted by us, he shall proceed by virtue of it, in accordance with law.  In either case, he shall send a report of the residencia to the Council, as is usual.” [Felipe IV; Madrid, December 4, 1630.]