The Discovery and Conquest of the Molucco and Philippine Islands

The Discovery and Conquest of the Molucco and Philippine Islands, by Bartolomé Leonardo de Argensola, contains their history, ancient and modern, natural and political, and their description, product, religion, government, laws, languages, customs, manners, habits, shape, and inclinations of the natives. The book is described as written in Spanish and translated into English, with a map and several cuts, and printed in London in 1708. Under the heading Their Habit, the text says the men wear Turkish turbants of several colours with abundance of feathers on them.

Under the heading Language, the text says the variety of languages among them is great, since sometimes one town does not understand the people of the next, and that the Malaye Tongue is most used as easiest to pronounce. A section headed Book VI says that Gomez Perez builds four Galleys, and makes Slaves wrongfully. The text says Captain Peter Delgado was ordered with his Company to guard the King's House, and attend him, till relieved.