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Pangaya = Juan de la Cruz =
Juan Perez = Baltasar Perez =
Santiago de Robles =
Juan Hipólito = Juan Benítez Paglingasan =
Juan Gonzales =

{Left margin: Decision.}

Malate, April twenty-second of year one thousand seven hundred thirty-two =
Although
I regard the request of the petitioners to be very just,
given that I do not
have their document in hand, I hereby permit
the father prior
of this our convent to
present himself whether before the lord
governor or the lord prosecutor of his majesty
so that through this means
they can achieve their aims.
That is what was instructed by our most
reverend father provincial Fray Felix de Trillo
of which I certify =
Trillo = Fray Miguel Vivas =
Secretary.

{Left margin: Petition.}

Very illustrious lord = Fray Pedro Orense
of the order of our father father (sic) St. Augustine,
prior and
doctrinal minister of the pueblo of
Malate, jurisdiction of Tondo,
before your lordship as the best