All was carried out in obedience to his Majesty's orders, and the discovery was made in the manner recounted at length in the first relation of the entrance of the Augustinian fathers into China.
These islands were formerly subject to the king of China, until he relinquished them all voluntarily, for the reasons expressed above in the first part of this history.

The Spaniards, therefore, at their arrival found them without ruler or seignior to whom they might render obedience.

In each one of the islands, he who had most power and followers acted as ruler.

And because there were many equally powerful, there was occasion for continual civil wars, without any heed to nature, or to kindred, or to any other obligation, just as if they were unreasoning animals--destroying, killing, and capturing one another.

This aided and favored our Spaniards to conquer the land so easily for his Majesty.
_The reason for calling the islands Western Filipinas._ The name Filipinas Islands was given them in honor of his name.