he governor an injury in their relation, by declaring that he had
incurred excommunication on that account, since he had no share in it,
but only ordered the soldiers not to allow the treacherous homicide
to leave the church. A few days after that, when the matter had cooled
down somewhat, an adjutant of the camp, one Don Juan de Frias, because
of the reward that was offered, entered the convent at midday, where
he found and seized the artilleryman. The cause was referred to the
commander of artillery (for the artilleryman was under his command),
in order that he might try it in the first instance; and he condemned
the artilleryman to death. The latter appealed to his captain-general
and the auditor-general of war. The cause was returned, as the appeal
was considered out of order, for the captain-general was convinced
of the treachery and treason of [the artilleryman]; whereupon the
commander of artillery tried to execute the sentence of death.

The archbishop of this church of Manila excommunicated the commander
of artillery; and his provisor, one Don Pedro de Monrroy, had two
notifications served on the governor, although there was no reason
for his so doing. Once the notification was made after ten o'clock at
night, when the governor had already retired. Two clerics entered for
that purpose through the midst of the body-guard. As the governor was
already asleep, and his servants had retired, and the doors of their
chambers were locked, they could not serve their notification at all;
accordingly, they turned to go. Trying to depart by passing through
the body-guard, by the way that they had entered, he who was stationed
at the door would not suffer it--in accordance with a general order
received many days previously to the effect that, although they should
allow entrance into his house at night, they should not allow anyone to
leave; as he judged such an order expedient for the proper government
of his household. Consequently, the clerics who had entered could not
leave; for, when they went back to the governor, they found him shut
in his room and asleep, and when they returned to the guardroom, the
soldiers were minded to observe their orders without any distinction
of persons. Hence the clerics had to stay all night and until dawn
on the stairway and in the corridors of the palace. On that account,
certain persons also took opportunity to say, and not with any good
intention, that the governor had incurred excommunic