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Rizal's Annotation of Morga's Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas: Chapter 3 of 8

By J.R. Lim

Chapter 3

Morga: But after reaching Maluco, the expedition did not succeed in its object.

Rizal: This expedition did not succeed because of the development of the disease beriberi among the Spanish forces, from which more than four-fifths of the soldiers died. More than one thousand five hundred of the most warlike natives, mostly from Cagayan and Pampanga, accompanied the expedition.

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Morga: During this same administration, the province of Cagayan in the island of Luzon, opposite China, was first pacified

Rizal: By making use of the strife among the natives themselves, because of the rivalry of two brothers, as is recounted by San Agustín.

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Morga: He also drove a Japanese pirate...

Rizal: His name was Zaizufa.

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Morga: Thence the governor sent him to España, with authority from himself and from the islands, to confer with his Majesty upon several matters that he desired to see carried out, and upon others which would prove advantageous to the islands. 

Rizal: Captain Ribera was the first envoy from the Philippines to confer with the king on the needs of the country.

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Morga: The city was rebuilt with great difficulty and labor, leaving the Spaniards very poor and needy.

Rizal: The fire caught from the candles placed about the catafalque of Governor Gonzalo Ronquillo.



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