or without dismissory letters, and from whom
they bring them, so that the proper request may be made. Although
orders to this effect have been issued, it has seemed best to the
Council to render account to your Majesty of what this information
contains, on account of the bearing which it has generally upon
the affairs of Portugal; so that, in so far as this knowledge is
important to him, such consultation may be held as shall appear most
expedient." "Let the Council take immediate action on this, so that
their decision may go with the fleet."

Don Juan Gonzales
Don Pedro de Galbez
Don Miguel de Luna

Dated on the same day.]

TWO JESUIT MEMORIALS, REGARDING RELIGIOUS IN THE MOLUCCAS, AND THE
INQUISITION

Sire:

I, Francisco Vello of the Society of Jesus, procurator-general of
the province of Filipinas, who am at present in this court, deem
it advisable for the service of your Majesty to make the following
statements:

The governor of Filipinas, for certain reasons and motives that he
had, withdrew from the Terrenate forts the rector of a house of the
Society of Jesus which the province of Cochin in Eastern India had
there from the beginning of those conquests, and placed there instead
religious belonging to my province of Filipinas. The said rector acted
as commissary of the Inquisition for the tribunal of Goa, as long as he
was there; but when he was withdrawn those forts were left without any
commissary. I gave testimony regarding that to the inquisitor-general,
so that he on his part might procure from your Majesty the appointment
for those forts of a minister--a matter so important for the purity
of our holy faith--since your Majesty strives, as your chief glory,
to preserve it in all the kingdoms and provinces of your monarchy;
and it is most necessary in them, as they are in the midst of many
sectaries, and, as those people are very warlike, they are more ready
to receive errors.

Everything relating to the Inquisition of the Filipinas is carried to
the tribunal of Mexico, with great hardships to the persons, expense
to the treasury, and the risk of losing everything--sometimes years
being spent in questions and answers, and the enemy capturing (as
happened at various times) not only the records but the criminals
as well. And when affairs are settled, whether the criminals are
punished or freed, they are left about two thousand five hundred
leguas from their home and abode, and sometime