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• Philippine Literature (Mactan 1521, To Rizal, 1896, Footnote To Youth)
• Entrepreneurial Development (Chapter 5 -Small Business is Beautiful)
• Engineering of Software Subsystems (Entity-Relationship Diagram)
• Team Building (Game Theory, Team Complex)
• Computer Programming 2 (Arrays, Object-Oriented Programming)
• Internet Technology (Bookmarks, E-Commerce, Online Directories, Search Engine)
• Principles of Information System Design (Chapter 5, 6 and 7)
• Rizal (Buod ng Noli Me Tangere)
  

MACTAN - 1521

We have our choric speech (choral reading) on our subject Philippine Literature next week and our piece is entitled "Mactan - 1521 by Virginia B. Licuanan". See our script below:

SOLO: Mactaaaannnn !!!!

ALL: 1521 !!!

ALL: A messenger from the Spaniards came

That day fifteen twenty – one;

He came in Magellan’s name

To the island of Mactan.

GROUP M: To Lapulapu who was the chief

That on Mactan did reign

He said,

Messenger: “I ask in our leader’s name

A tribute for the king of Spain.”

Lapu-lapu: “A tribute for a foreign king?”

GROUP L: He heard proud Lapulapu say.

Lapu-lapu: “Tell your leader that not a thing

Will the chief of this island pay.”

GROUP L: “We and our fathers and their fathers before

Have on this island lived:

We owe no tribute to any king,

And no tribute shall we give.”

Messenger: “If you do not give what we ask,”

GROUP M: Was the messenger ‘s reply,

Messenger: “The Spaniards will come with guns and swords

And you and your men shall die.”

Lapu-lapu: “If they have guns,”

GROUP L: Lapulapu said’

“So have we our weapons too;

If the Spaniards to our island come,

They shall see what bamboo spears can do.

GROUP L: “The Spanish swords are made of steel

And their armor strong and bright.

Against all weapons we shall win

While we are in the right.”

GROUP L: Lapulapu’s eyes flashed as he repeated,

And his voice did proudly ring:

Lapu-lapu: “We are freemen and will pay

No tribute to a foreign king.”

GROUP M: When Magellan heard Lapulapu’s words

He said with all disdain,

Magellan: “How dare this little chief affront

His Majesty of Spain?

GROUP M: “Our guns and swords this man’s

False pride will break

If he will not tribute give,

Then tribute we will take.

Magellan: “We’ll show this chief that our word

We can follow with our deed.

Prepare there three ships and sixty men,

And I myself will lead.”

ALL: For the island of Mactan

The Spaniards did set sail,

Their guns and swords in brightly display

To make the enemy quail.

ALL: Their ships and armor were a glittering show

Of military might;

Never had the peaceful Mactan waters,

Mirror such a warlike sight.

ALL: And when they anchored dropped

Off the palm-fringed Mactan shore,

Magellan: “I’ll teach this chief a lesson,”

The Spanish leader swore.

ALL: He led his soldiers to the beach

In full battle array.

Magellan: “My men, for our king,

GROUP M: “Magellan said,

Magellan: “Let us make this a proud day.”

GROUP M: “We have or guns and armor;

Our enemy has none.

Our swords against those bamboo spears –

The fight’s as good as won.”

GROUP L: But Lapulapu stood proudly

As the Spanish troops drew near.

Lapu-lapu: “No shining Spanish armor

Will save them from my spear.”

Lapu-lapu: “Aim true!”

GROUP L: he told his men,

Lapu-lapu: “When your spears you fling,

Remember that freemen do not bow

To any foreign king.”

GROUP L: Steel sword against bamboo spear –

It seemed an uneven fight,

And the Spanish armor

Increased each Spaniard’s might.

GROUP L: But Lapulapu and his brave men

Into the battle led.

And soon the blue-green Mactan waters

With Spanish blood grew red.

Magellan: “Fight on my men.”

GROUP M: Magellan cried,

Magellan: “For His Gracious Majesty….”

Lapu-lapu: “Fight on, men of Mactan,

GROUP L: Lapulapu said,

Lapu-lapu: “Fight for our liberty.”

ALL: The cause of liberty lent more strenght

Than Spanish steel and lead;

And soon Magellan lay dying,

And his soldiers all had fled

ALL: And Mactan is an islands

That lives in history,

Where one brave man died for a king

And where another lived for liberty.