After the islands had been conquered by the sovereign light of the holy gospel which entered therein, the heathen were baptized, the darkness of their paganism was banished and they changed their own for Christian names. The islands also, losing their former name, took — with the change of religion and the baptism of their inhabitants — that of Filipinas Islands, in recognition of the great favors received at the hands of his Majesty Filipe the Second, our sovereign, in whose fortunate time and reign they were conquered, protected and encouraged, as a work and achievement of his royal hands.
After the islands had been conquered by the sovereign light of the holy gospel which entered therein the heathen were baptized the darkness of their paganism was banished and they changed their own for Christian names The islands also losing their former name took — with the change of religion and the baptism of their inhabitants — that of Filipinas Islands in recognition of the great favors received at the hands of his Majesty Filipe the Second our sovereign in whose fortunate time and reign they were conquered protected and encouraged as a work and achievement of his royal hands