The said sentences, as specified, were executed upon the above-named persons.  Those who were exiled to Nueva Espana are about to sail in the ships which are to be despatched this year to that country.  As for the goods [confiscated], most of the men have paid their fines; but in case of those who have failed to do this, the alcaldes-mayor have been ordered to make investigations about them.  They are already doing so, as appears from the said trial and process, to which I refer.  And, in order that the whole matter may be evident, I give by the said command the present record, in Manila, on the thirteenth day of July in the year one thousand five hundred and eighty-nine.  I affix my seal, in testimony of the truth.

Esteban de Marquina, notary-public.

We, the notaries who have here signed our names, [16] certify and attest that Esteban de Marquina, from whom proceeds this authenticated record, is indeed a notary-public, of the number authorized in this city, as is stated herein, and is now exercising his office; and that the deeds, attestations, and records which have been and are transacted in his presence have been and are thoroughly certified and authenticated, both within court and without.  Done at Manila, on the thirteenth day of July in the year one thousand five hundred and eighty-nine.

Letter from Gaspar de Ayala to Felipe II

Sire: 

Last year I gave your Majesty a detailed account of the events that had hitherto occurred in these islands; of what has since happened I will give account in this letter.  As soon as the ships left for Nueva Espana, we set about building a ship of seven hundred toneladas at the cost of your Majesty’s royal exchequer.  As purveyor thereof was appointed Captain Don Juan Ronquillo, alcalde-mayor of the province of Pintados.  The ship is being built in that district, and paid for out of the tributes which your Majesty has from that province; and this city provided some articles which were lacking there.  The purveyor writes that he can make the voyage this coming year.  This ship will be the fourth of your Majesty’s vessels on that route [to Nueva Espana].  I understand that two of them will be of no use for this next year, as they will have to be laid aside.  Thus it will be necessary, that the navigation on that route may not cease, that ships be built continually.  Although the Mariscal Grabiel de Rribera and Captain Juan Pablo de Carrion are each building a ship, they will not be able to support them, and will be obliged to sell them at the port of Acapulco on the first voyage, for the Piru trade.  Although they could be bought in these islands on the account of your Majesty’s royal exchequer, it seems to me better that your Majesty should save the profits that will be made after their construction; since they can easily be built at much less cost than if they were bought after they are built.