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THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
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Signed by the president and members of the Council.
[In the margin at the beginning of this document: "To Don Francisco Tello, governor of the Philipinas Islands, in regard to the establishment of the Audiencia, and the receiving of the royal seal."]
so remote and distant from his royal presence, the governors might not be so absolute, but that there might be a superior arm to check them, and not allow extortions upon an innocent people."
