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. 40]

I690-I691] SAN AGUSTIN ON FILIPINOS

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Long-suffering
Cowardly
Bold
Obedient
One who practice
ties
Bashful
Virtuous
Clever
Civilized
Astute.
Merciful
Modest
Revengeful
Poor,s austeri

Without
Without
Without
Without

patience.
fear.
resolution.
submissiveness.

Without suffering.
Without sense of honor.
Without mortification.
Without capacity.
Without politeness.
Without sagacity.
Without pity.
Without shame.
Without valor.
Without corresponding
[mode of life].
Without economy.
Without negligence.
Laus Deo.

Rich
Lazy.

Resume of the entire letter by the said
Father Murillo
103. The Filipino Indian is the embryo of nature and the offspring of grossness. He does not feel
an insult or show gratitude for a kindness. His
continual habitation is the kitchen; and the smoke
that harms all of us serves him as the most refreshNovember 30, 1753. Murillo Velarde is one of the more noted
among Jesuit writers. His principal works are the following:
Cursus juris canonici, hispani et indici (Madrid, 1743); Historia
de la provincia de Philipinas de la Compaiia de Jesus (Manila,
1749); and Geographica historica (Madrid, I752), in ten volumes.
In the Historia (which work we have used freely in the present
series, as material for annotation) was published his noted map
of the Philippine Islands, the first detailed map of the archipelago;
it was made by order of the governor of the island, Valdes Tam6n, in 1734.