He served in Ambos Camarines, where Bicol was widely spoken, from sometime between 1592 and 1602 until 1616.

A second edition of the Vocabulario was published in 1865 under the expressed order of Bishop Francisco Gainza.

It contained 10,495 (Bikol-Español) word entries in 417 pages using 22-inch (560 mm) x 33-inch (840 mm) paper and 5,588 entries in the (Español-Bicol) section in 103 pages.

Realubit describes the Bicol vocabulary as "broad in social scale and localization", but criticizes Lisboa's presentation of grammatical tense, affixes, and parts of speech.

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