document on tributes will be presented in _Vol_. VIII.

_The Editors_

September, 1903.





Documents of 1588



Relation of the Philipinas Islands. Domingo de Salazar,
and others; 1586-88.
Letter to Felipe II. Santiago de Vera; June 26.
Letter to Felipe II. Domingo de Salazar; June 27.



_Sources_: The first of these documents is obtained from _Cartas
de Indias_, pp. 637-652; the others, from the original MSS. in the
Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla.

_Translations_: The first document is translated by James A. Robertson;
the others, by José M. and Clara M. Asensio.