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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898

CHAPTER V
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XVII.
[41] See an account of his voyage in _Vol_.

XVII.
[42] Thus in the original, but evidently an error for "Chinese." [43] _Cuatralbo_: the commander of four galleys.
[44] Translated: "The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof: the world, and all they that dwell therein" (Ps.

xxiv, v.

1).
[45] In the margin is written, in an ancient hand: "For the singular veneration which the archduke of Borgona showed to the most holy sacrament of the eucharist." [46] Thus in the text (_comprar_); but the context would suggest that this was a slip for "sell." [47] In this connection may be cited the following statement from Sawyer's _Inhabitants of the Philippines_, p.

129: "The great wealth of the Archipelago is undoubtedly to be found in the development of its agriculture.


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