The first document is obtained from Antonio Alvarez de Abreu’s Extracto historial (Madrid, 1736), fol. 1–28; from a copy of that work in the possession of Edward E. Ayer, Chicago. The second document is part of Diego Aduarte’s Historia de la provincia del Sancto Rosario (Manila, 1640), pp. 1–167; from a copy of that work in the possession of Edward E. Ayer. It will be continued in the next two volumes of this series. |