The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803; explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commericial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the beginning of the nineteenth century; [Vol. 1, no. 2]

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In affirmation of the above, he consented to the
present ordinance before me, the said notary, and the
witnesses hereunder subscribed, with their incidences
and dependencies, annexes and rights, and he embossed the same in the form prescribed by law, and
signed it with his name, the witnesses being the high
constable Grabiel de Rribera, Amador de Arriaran 81
and Juan Pacheco, gentlemen of the governor,
Miguel Lopez.
Given before me,
FERNANDO RIQUEL, chief notary.
And after the aforesaid, on this said day, month,
and year aforesaid, the said ensign-general Andres
de Ybarra, appeared before me, the said notary and
the witnesses hereunder subscribed, being on the river
Calayan to which the said chief thus named took
him, having landed in a small inlet, at the edge of the
water, and containing a small bay, and said that in the
name of his majesty, by virtue of the power conferred
on him by the very illustrious Miguel Lopez de Legazpi, governor and captain-general of the discovery
of the islands of the West, he occupied and took possession and apprehended the tenure and true and
actual possession or quasi-possession of this said land,
and of all territory subject to it and contiguous to it.
And in token of true possession, he passed from one
end of that land to the other, cut branches of trees,
plucked grass, threw stones, and performed such
other acts and ceremonies as are usual in such cases -
all of which took place quietly and peaceably, with
common consent of those who were present, without
the opposition of any one. And after the aforesaid
act took place, the said Andres de Ybarra besought
81 This name is given as Arrezun in Col. doc. ined. Ultramar.