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The decree of August 9 is taken from the “Cedulario Indico” in the Archivo Historico Nacional, Madrid; and Plasencia's accounts of the Tagalogs, from Santa Inés's Crónica, ii, pp.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 07 of 55 1588-1591 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Robertson, James Alexander

It is known by both the Tagalogs and the Visayans.

From Filipino Popular Tales by Fansler, Dean Spruill

As a result of this the society gained much credit and power, and undermined the forces which were in existence, especially the native regiments of Tagalogs.

From The Katipunan or The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune by St. Clair, Francis

The schoolhouses had been used as barracks by the Tagalogs.

From A Woman's Impression of the Philippines by Fee, Mary Helen

There is also a dwarf variety of the palm, which rarely exceeds 3 meters in height, and is known to the Tagalogs as “Adiavan.”

From The Cocoanut With reference to its products and cultivation in the Philippines by Lyon, William S. (Scrugham)