_Passport from Don Pedro de Acuña to the king of Terrenate_

I, Don Pedro de Acuña, governor, captain-general, and president
of the Filipinas Islands, and general of this army and fleet,
declare that, over my signature, I hereby give security of
life to the king of Terrenate, in order that he may come to
talk with me--both to him and those whom he may bring with
him--reserving to myself the disposal of all the others as
I may see fit. I certify this in his Majesty's name. And
I order that no person of this fleet molest him or any
of his possessions, and that all observe what is herein
contained. Given in Terrenate, April six, one thousand six
hundred and six.

_Don Pedro de Acuña_


Within nine days Cachilamuja and Pablo de Lima returned to Terrenate
with the king, the prince, his son, [30] and others of his relatives,
cachils and sangajes, [31] under the said passport. They placed
themselves under the governor's power, and he received them with
great affection and respect. He lodged the king and his son in a
good house in the settlement, under guard of a company. The king
restored the villages of Christians that his Majesty had possessed
in the island of Moro, when the fort of Terrenate was lost by the
Portuguese. He placed his person and kingdom in his Majesty's power,
and surrendered a quantity of muskets and heavy artillery that he had
in some forts of the said island. The governor did not despoil him
of his kingdom, but on the contrary allowed him to appoint two of his