The following documents are obtained from MSS. in the Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla:

1. Letter by Corcuera, June 30, 1636.—“Simancas—Secular; Audiencia de Filipinas; cartas y espedientes del gobernador vistos en el Consejo; aÑos de 1629 Á 1639; est. 67, caj. 6, leg. 8.”

2. Royal decrees.—The first of these is in “Audiencia de Filipinas; registros de oficio, reales ordenes dirigidas Á las autoridades y particulares del distrito de la Audiencia; aÑos 1605 Á 1645; est. 105, caj. 2, leg. 12.”

3. Auditorship of accounts.—“Simancas—Secular; cartas y expedientes de los oficiales reales de Manila vistos en el Consejo; aÑos 1623 Á 1641; est. 67, caj. 6, leg. 30.”

4. Letters by Corcuer, 1637.—The same as No. 1.

The following documents are obtained from the Academia Real de la Historia, Madrid (the first being a printed book, the others original MSS.):

5. Informatory memorial to king.—This is collated with the MS. copy in the Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid—pressmark, “MSS. 8990, Aa 47, fol. 273–350.”

6. Defeat of Moro pirates.—In “Papeles de los Jesuitas; tomo 84, nº. 31.”

7. Conquest of Mindanao.—The same as No. 6, save “nº. 24.”

8. Events in Filipinas.—The same as No. 6, save “nº. 26.”

The following documents are taken from the “Cedulario Indico,” in the Archivo Historico Nacional, Madrid:

9. Letter to Corcuera.—In “tomo 39, fol. 219b, nº. 210.”

2. Royal Decrees.—The second and third decrees, “tomo 39, fol. 226b, and 225,” respectively.

The following document is taken from Barrantes’s Guerras piraticas:

10. Corcuera’s entry.—pp. 303–310.

The following document is taken from Pastells’s edition of Colin’s Labor evangÉlica:

11. Aid requested by Jesuits.—Vol. iii, pp. 757, 758.