btain from him the said protest or libel, as they said
that the said suspension was comminatory. For the same reason, they
declared that the pecuniary fines could be moderated or completely
withdrawn. The fathers of the Society, although they were the offended
parties, took the part of the archbishop and supported the opinion
of the lawyers; they made every effort that the archbishop might come
well out of the affair, and they managed so well that I promise your
Grace that the settlement of this matter is wholly due to them. The
judge-conservator only was somewhat harsh, and would agree to none
of all this; for he thought that it could not be done, according
to the counsel that he had received from some learned men. But the
governor had the prudence and wisdom to smooth over all difficulties,
and finally, the archbishop was absolved, January 28, 636, from the
censures and penalties. The governor went in person to his house for
him and took him in his carriage to the cathedral, giving him the
right-hand side, notwithstanding the ruling of the royal decree that
orders that he shall not give it. He took him as far as the choir,
where, seating the archbishop in his chair, and bending his knee to
him, he kissed his hand, which he had already done in the archbishop's
house. The governor paid from his own pocket more than one thousand
pesos, in costs and expenses of the suit. Great was the happiness at
the conclusion of these suits, and all the orders assembled. Father
Juan Antonio Sana, of the Society of Jesus, preached at the feast of
the dedication of the church, celebrated that day in the cathedral. The
archbishop was full of expressions of thanks for what had been done for
him, but that happiness was of little duration. For as the archbishop
had at his side and at his ear certain religious who, it is to be
believed, did not desire peace, but, on the contrary, did their utmost
so that it might not exist between the leaders of the community, and
were taking the archbishop as a means to oppose the governor, and,
as it were, to avenge themselves on the latter for injuries that they
thought that they had received from him; from that so many were the
angry feelings that arose, that they led to the last rupture; but,
before going on to relate that, I shall relate some matters of less
moment that happened.

A few years ago, a surgeon came to this country, named Francisco
Garcia, who had been exiled by the viceroy of Nueva Espana