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. 13]

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Therefore his most reverend Lordship, desiring
to check so enormous sins, and to avert the so evident
dangers from them, and the destruction and end of
this kingdom - both in faith and morals, and in
loyalty to the king our lord - commanded and commands that there be drawn and received an investigation of the said matter, to seek and apply the remedy,
if in justice and right that be fitting; and that the witnesses received shall declare the truth in all matters,
under oath, and under penalty of major excommunication, late sententia, ipso facto, incurring [word illegible in MS.] canonical admonition and [word illegible] - as only this said penalty and oath will secure secrecy so that they will not tell that they were
cited for this purpose, or what they declared, or any
part thereof, or that this investigation is being made,
or anything concerning or touching the matter. Accordingly I so provide, command, and sign; and they
shall declare, under the said oath and penalty, not
only whether there have not been infidel Sangleys
here, since his Lordship has taken up this matter of
separating these natives from the said infidel Sangleys in the district of the said Parian; but likewise
whether they were not living there in the said quarter
of the said natives, until his most reverend Lordship
was constrained to make known the truth, and cause
them to be removed from the place - for it had already become an intolerable thing, in the sight of any
man whatsoever.
FRAY MIGUEL, archbishop of Manila.
By command of his most reverend Lordship:
FRANCISCO DE CARRANQA

In the city of Manila, on the fifth day of February