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Certificaciones auténticas del modo con que se halló el Santo Niño de Cebú, 1639

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En la isla de Cebu de las Filipinas del poder de su magestad a diez y seis dias
del mes de mayo de mil y quinientos y sesenta y cinco años.
El muy illustre señor
Miguel López de Legazpi gobernador y capitán general por su magestad de la gente y armada del
descubrimiento de las islas del poder, por ante mi Fernando Riquel escribano de gobernación de
las dichas islas, dijo que por quanto el día que los españoles entraron en esta
dicha isla y pueblo de Cebu que fue el sábado veinte y ocho de abril de este presente año
después de haber desbaratado los naturales de este pueblo, y que lo dejaron desamparado
y que fueron huyendo la tierra dentro, en una de las casas de las más pobres
moradas y humildes y peña y de poco aparato donde entró Juan de Canviz (sic)
natural de Bermeo marinero de la nao capitana, y halló en ella una imagen del
niño Jesús en su cajita de madera de pino con su gorron de fleco velludo de
lana colorada de los que se hacen en Flandes, y su camisita de volante y
los dos dedos de la mano derecha alzados como quien bendice. Y en la izquierda
su bola redonda sin cruz y su collarico de estaño dorado el cuello, la qual dicha
cajuela y imagen del niño Jesús estaba metida en otra caja de madera
de las de esta tierra y liada con un cordel por encima. Y luego que lo hubo
hallado llevándola en las manos con su cajita para enseñarla, topó
con el maestre de campo Matheo del Savez (sic), y se la quitó y llevó a a (sic) mostrarsela al
dicho señor general. El cual con gran veneración y solemne procesión la mandó
traer y meter en la iglesia que ahora se tiene prestado. Y hizo voto y promesa
él y los religiosos de la orden del señor San Agustín y los capitanes y otros oficiales
del campo que todos los años tal día como fue hallado la dicha imagen
se hiciese y celebrase una fiesta a invocación del nombre de Jesús. Y [hallen de esto]
sea fecho y constituido una cofradía del benditíssimo nombre de Jesús de la manera
que está instituida la del monasterio de San Agustín de México y con los mismos
estatutos de ella y para que perpetuamente quede memoria del susodicho y de como
la dicha imagen fue hallada en esta tierra de infieles el dicho día, el dicho
señor gobernador por ante mi el dicho escribano mandado hacer la información de
testigos siguiente. Y firmólo de su nombre Miguel López pasó ante mi Fernando Riquel
escribano de gobernación.
Y luego incontinente en este dicho día, mes, y año susodicho, el dicho señor
gobernador para la dicha información mandó parecer ante sí a Juan de Camuz natural de la
Villa de Bermeo en el Señorío de Vizcaya marinero de la nao capitana. El cual juró
por dios y por Santa María y por las palabras de los quatro evangelios y por la
señal de la cruz en forma de derecho y socorro del dicho juramento. Prometió
de decir verdad y siendo preguntado que [quepasa] cerca de ello, dijo
que lo [quepasa] es que el dicho día sábado que se contaron veinte y ocho de abril
de este presente año que fue cuando el dicho señor gobernador mandó saltar la
gente en tierra en este pueblo de Cebu, este que declara salió de la nao
capitana en un batel juntamente con los marineros y soldados que de ella
salieron para el dicho efecto. Y yendo a la parte donde estaba los paños (sic: paraos) y
canoas de los indios con gente. Como los naturales desampararon las canoas y
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On the island of Cebu in the Philippines, under the authority of His Majesty, on the sixteenth day of the month of May in the year one thousand five hundred and sixty-five.
The Most Illustrious Lord Miguel López de Legazpi, Governor and Captain General, in the name of His Majesty of the people and fleet for the discovery of the islands under His Majesty's authority, Fernando Riquel, government notary of said islands, declared in my presence: On the day the Spaniards entered this island and town of Cebu, which was on a Saturday, the twenty-eighth of April of this present year, after having displaced the natives of this town, who abandoned it and fled inland, Juan de Canviz (sic), a native of Bermeo and a sailor of the flagship, entered one of the humblest and poorest houses, built of bamboo and barely furnished, and in it found an image of the Child Jesus in a small pinewood box. The image wore a woolen cap with red fringes, of the kind made in Flanders, a small shirt with ruffles, and had two fingers of its right hand raised as if giving a blessing. In its left hand, it held a round globe without a cross, and it wore a small gilded tin necklace around its neck. This small box and the image of the Child Jesus were inside another wooden box, of the kind native to this land, tied with a cord. Upon discovering the image, he carried it in his hands, with the intention of showing it and he encountered the Field Marshal Mateo del Saz (sic), who took it from him and brought it for viewing to the general, that is, the said Lord Governor. The general, with great reverence and solemn procesiosn, ordered the image to be brought and placed in the church that is being lent for use. He, together with the friars of the Order of San Agustín, the captains, and other field officials, made a vow and promise that every year, on the same day that the image was found, a feast would be celebrated in honor of the Holy Name of Jesus. They also decreed the establishment of a confraternity of the Most Blessed Name of Jesus, modeled after the one in the Monastery of San Agustín in Mexico and following the same statutes. This was to ensure that the memory of the aforementioned event and the discovery of the image in this land of non-believers would remain perpetually. To record and affirm this, the said Lord Governor ordered that witness testimony be gathered as follows. He signed it with his name, Miguel López, in my presence, Fernando Riquel, government notary.
And then immediately on that very same day, month, and year mentioned above, the said governor, for the purpose of the said inquiry, ordered Juan de Camuz, a native of the town of Bormeo in the Lordship of Vizcaya and a sailor of the flagship, to appear before him. He swore by God and by Saint Mary and by the words of the four Gospels and by the sign of the cross in due legal form and under the obligation of said oath. He promised to tell the truth, and when asked about the matter in question, he stated that [what happened] was that on the said Saturday, the 28th of April of the present year, when the said governor ordered the men to disembark in this town of Cebu, the declarant left the flagship in a small boat together with the sailors and soldiers who disembarked for the said purpose. And as they approached the area where the (sic: paraos [small boats]) and canoes of the indios were with people. Since the natives abandoned the canoes, and they began to flee. The declarant found an abandoned canoe that the natives had left behind, and he brought it to the small boat to be taken to the flagship. While returning with it, he saw how the people on the small boats were jumping onto land because the natives had fled, abandoning their houses. Having left the canoe, Pedro de Alorcass, an artilleryman from the flagship, along with the declarant, went ashore and walked among the houses. Said Pedro de Alorcas climbed into one house and told the declarant to climb into another to see what was there. The declarant went three or four houses further because there were soldiers inside them. Upon reaching a small house which gave him the impression that nobody had entered there, he climbed inside and found two small boxes tied by the natives. He opened one and found only a bowl and a boar’s tusk while the other box seemed light and empty. He went further into the house and found another small box tied with a thread used for sails from [C]astilla and a hemp rope from [C]astilla, or so it seemed to the witness. Since it seemed heavy and he thought there was something inside, he cut the rope and opened it. Inside, he found another small pinewood box. Within it was a figurine of the Child Jesus like those brought from Flanders, dressed in a little shirt with ruffles and a small gilded tin necklace. On its head, it wore a red wool hat with velvet, like those from Flanders. Recognizing it as an image of the Child Jesus, he took it and placed a cross made out of cane above the house to mark it. While carrying the image in his hands, he encountered a soldier from Captain Martín de Goiti’s company and told him how he had found the image of the Child Jesus, showing it to him. Continuing further, he met the Field Marshal Mateo del Saz, to whom he handed over the image. The Field Marshal took it and brought it to the ships to show it to the governor and the religious officials. And this is the truth of what happened as he has sworn and that he did not find anyone else inside the said house because it was empty. He confirmed and ratified this account and did not sign it because he said he could not write. It was signed by the governor, Miguel López, in my presence, Fernando Riquel, government notary.
And then, immediately, on said day, month, and year, the said governor, for the purpose of the said inquiry, ordered that the Field Marshal Mateo del Saz be sworn in accordance with the law, and he swore by God and by the Holy Mary. According to (him?), when asked about what he knew concerning the aforementioned matter, he stated: On said Saturday, the 28th of April, when the people landed in the town of Cebu, this declarant went with them. After the natives had been defeated and had abandoned the town, the people were ordered to regroup. While gathering them, he came across Juan de Camuz, a sailor from the flagship, who was carrying a small box in his hands. Juan said to this declarant, "Sir, I found this image in a house here." It was an image of the Child Jesus, the kind made in Flanders, placed inside the small box. This declarant took the image in his hands, which was contained in a small box of the kind made in Flanders, with a little frilled shirt and a red woolen hat, velvety, as they are customarily made in Flanders. The image was whole and clean, with the two fingers of its right hand raised in blessing and the other hand holding a golden globe without the usual cross on top. The image was whole and well-preserved, except the varnish on the face was slightly worn in one small spot, as was a tiny part of the globe, which seemed to have been there for a long time but was otherwise in good condition. This witness took the image, and after gathering the people, brought it to the governor and the religious officials so they could see it, and handed it over to them. Afterward, the said governor ordered an inquiry into the location of the house where the image had been found. And thanks to a cross left by the sailor, the house was located, and from there, the image was taken to the church currently being lent for use. It was brought there in a solemn procession and with great rejoicing and celebration by the entire camp. Everyone adored it, and it was placed on the main altar of the said church so that it might remain there perpetually.
The said governor, this witness, and the other captains and officers of the camp made a vow and promise to celebrate a feast, each year on that same day, in honor of the discovery of the image of the Child Jesus. They also instituted a brotherhood in the name of Jesus. This is what this witness knows and declares under the oath he has taken, to which he affirmed and ratified. He signed it under his name, and the said governor signed: Miguel López; Matheo del Saz. Recorded before me, Fernando Riquel, government notary.
Then, immediately, on the aforementioned day, month, and year, the said governor, for the purposes of the inquiry, summoned Esteban Rodríguez, a soldier in the company of Captain Martín de Goiti, to appear before him. His Lordship administered an oath to him, and Esteban swore by God and by Saint Mary, in due legal form, under oath, he promised to tell the truth about what he knew and what was asked of him, and when interrogated about what he knew regarding the aforementioned matter, he said: What happened, and what this witness knows, is that on the said Saturday, twenty-eighth of April of that year, which was the first day the Spaniards entered this island and the town of Cebu, after driving out the natives who had abandoned their houses and retreated inland, the captains were going around gathering

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la gente, este testigo se venía recogiendo a la marina, y dentro del
pueblo topó este testigo a Juan de Camuz, Bermeo, marinero de la nao
capitana, y a este testigo llamó el dicho Juan de Camuz y le mostró una
imagen del niño Jesús, metida en una cajita de pino con
su gorroncito peludo de lana colorada de flandes y su bola dorada,
y los dos dedos de la mano derecha alzados para arriba, bien tratado,
aunque parecía muy antiguo, [excepto] le faltaba la cruz que
suele tener encima de la bola que tiene en la mano izquierda,
y que tenía, menos en algunas partes del rostro y de la bola
el [matoz] porque estaba algo comido. Y el dicho Juan Camuz, Bermeo,
preguntó a este testigo que que era aquello, porque no lo conocía
y este testigo, lo tomó en la mano, luego lo conoció y le dijo
que era el niño Jesús, y como le dijo estas palabras, el dicho Juan de
Camuz, marinero, tomó el dicho niño Jesús en las manos y hecho
a correr con él hacia la marina para enseñarlo a los capitanes,
y que después a la que se halló el dicho niño Jesús, de la casa donde se
halló, que es pequeña y al parecer debía de ser de algún hombre
pobrecillo, se llevó en procesión con mucha solemnidad y
fiesta de todo el campo a la iglesia, que ahora se tiene de prestado,
donde siendo por toda la gente adorado se puso encima del
altar y se instituyó una cofradía del nombre de Jesús, y el dicho señor
gobernador y los capitanes e oficiales del campo botaron y prometieron
de celebrar en cada un año la fiesta de la invocación
de la imagen del niño Jesús, y que esto es lo que sabe
y pasa de este caso para el juramento que tiene fecho, y en ello
se afirmó e ratificó, y lo firmó de su nombre y el dicho señor gobernador,
Miguel López ; pasó ante mi Fernando Riquel, escribano
de gobernación.
Yo el dicho Fernando Riquel, escribano mayor de gobernación susodicho esta información
saque y traslado de la original, según que ante mi
pasó y en fee dello fue aquí mi firma e rúbricas acostumbradas
que es a tal en testimonio de verdad. Fernando Riquel,
escribano mayor de la gobernación.
Este es un traslado bien fielmente sacado de un testimonio
que está en el archivo de este convento del santísimo nombre de Jesús del orden de nuestro
padre San Agustín de esta ciudad de Cebu. Signado y firmado de Fernando
Riquel escribano de gobernación de que doy fee en 1.o de Mayo de
mil y seiscientos y treinta y nueve años.
Fray Lorenzo de Figueroa
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the people, this witness was heading back to the shore and while in town, this witness came across Juan de Camuz, from Bermeo, a sailor from the flagship. Said Juan de Camuz called out to this witness and showed him an image of the Child Jesus contained in a small pinewood box. The image had a furry and coloured woolen cap from Flanders and its golden globe, with the two fingers of its right hand raised, and it was well-preserved although it appeared to be very old [except] the cross that is usually found on top of the globe in its left hand was missing, and the varnish on parts of the face and the globe seemed worn out. And said Juan de Camuz, Bermeo, asked this witness about it as he did not recognise it. When this witness took it into his hands, he immediately recognised it and told Juan that it was the Child Jesus. Upon hearing this, Juan de Camuz took the image in his hands and ran toward the shore to show it to the captains. Later, after it was discovered in the house where it had been found, which was a small house that most likely belonged to a poor man, the image of the Child Jesus was carried in a solemn procession and with much celebration to the church that is currently being lent for use. There, it was worshipped by everyone and placed on the altar. A brotherhood in the name of Jesus was established, and the said governor, the captains, and the field officers vowed and promised to celebrate annually the feast of the discovery of the image of the Child Jesus. This is what this witness knows and declares under the oath he has taken. He confirmed and ratified this account, signing it alongside the said governor, Miguel López. Recorded before me, Fernando Riquel, secretary of governance.
I, the aforementioned Fernando Riquel, government notary, extracted and copied this record from the original, as it was recorded before me and, as proof of this, I affixed here my signature and customary rubric, which are as such, in testimony of the truth.
Fernando Riquel, government notary
This is a copy faithfully made from a testimony preserved in the archive of this convent of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, of the Order of Our Father San Agustín, in this city of Cebu. Signed and certified by Fernando Riquel, government notary, as attested by me on the 1st of May 1639.
Fray Lorenzo de Figueroa


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