Given at Sant Lorenco, on the nineteenth of June in the year one thousand five hundred and eighty-six.
I, The King Countersigned, Matheo Vargas Approved by the Council.
[_A separate sheet reads as follows_: "His Majesty has ordered me to send your Lordship the enclosed copy of deliberations of the Council of the Indias, and the papers accompanying it, concerning the trade and commerce between the Filipinas Islands and China, so that, together with any that your Lordship may have concerning this matter, everything enacted may be examined personally.

Your Lordship will advise his Majesty of your opinion.

May God preserve your Lordship.

Sant Lorenco, July 31, 1590."] Letter from Marques de Villamanrique to Felipe II _Year 86.

Copy of two sections of a letter written by the Marques de Villa Manrrique, viceroy of Nueva Espana, to the king, our lord, on the fifteenth of November, 86, describing the importance of maintaining trade and commerce, and the great inconveniences which result [from its discontinuance]._ [After citing the royal decree of June 19, 1586 (q.v.