ly result from
secreting it. And since, sir, it contains nothing that can tarnish the
reputation of the Order of the Society, or that can be of importance to
any other, I would judge it impossible that there can be any agreement,
or that the cause can be concluded to the pleasure and satisfaction of
your Lordship, except by handing over the said paper--with the promise
that I hereby give, as a gentleman, that if it be handed over to me, I
shall only allow the notary to see the signature, so that he may attest
that it is the document that he authenticated; and then immediately,
in the presence of him who hands it to me, or in the pretence of your
Lordship (for which purpose I shall go to your residence), I shall burn
it so that nothing of it can remain. It has also seemed best for me
to ask the judge-conservator to grant your Lordship four or six days
more than the time-limit that he has assigned; and I shall do that
immediately, so that your Lordship may have more time to see that
that religious may not ruin the whole affair, and that he may hand
over the paper. And in case that he always prove obstinate, I shall
immediately refrain from meddling in this matter, either for or against
your Lordship. I beg you to pardon me for having made this resolution,
in accordance with the opinion of so many erudite and well-intentioned
men. And, even had they not given it, I would have made it of my own
accord, after hearing what the sargento-mayor has just told me of
the religious of St. Dominic, who have broken into the guardhouse at
one of the gates of the wall, defying the soldiers stationed there,
and forcibly bringing inside Don Pedro Monrroy--contrary to the order
that I had given that he was not to be allowed to enter, since he is
not provisor, and has nothing to do inside the walls. And if these
disorderly acts are committed while I am seeking means and methods of
doing your Lordship a service, by which I may aid you in paying the
condemnations that have been ordered, I am freed from the obligation
of having anything to do with these matters, either pro or con. On
the contrary I shall inform the king our sovereign of the efforts
made on my part; and all the community will have understood them and
will know that your Lordship, taking counsel of the three orders,
neither desires nor tries to secure peace. I beg your Lordship's
pardon for speaking so boldly, and rest assured that there is not,
nor will there be, more than I hav