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THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
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preserve your Majesty for many long years as is needed by the Christian world. Manila, June 20, 1591. The papers referred to in this letter are inside the first sheet.
Gomez Peres Dasmarinas
[Endorsed: "Manila. To the king, our sovereign. From Governor Gomez Perez Dasmarinas, June 20, 1591."
"July 16, 1592. Make an abstract of the different points." "Relation abstracted as ordered." "Provided within; let the petition be acted on at once." "Everything has been examined and provisions made."
"Let examination be made of the provisions made in clauses 9 to 21, that came recently with the duplicate of this letter. The other clauses are answered, and despatches sent."]
