. The matter having been examined in my royal Council of the
Yndias, I have considered it fitting to give the present, by which
I order you to cause to be observed and fulfilled exactly the orders
that were given and commanded in this regard before the said Don Juan
Nino de Tavora made this innovation. Madrid, September 9, 1634.

_I the King_

By order of the king our sovereign:
_Don Gabriel de Ocana y Alarcon_

The King. To the president and auditors of my royal Audiencia of the
Filipinas Islands: Don Juan Gran y Monfalcon, procurator-general of
that city, has reported to me that the Portuguese nation who are living
in Eastern Yndia have attempted trade and commerce with those islands,
to the detriment of the Sangleys who go to sell their merchandise
at that city; and that that intercourse was already established,
contrary to the orders and decrees that have been given, to the
very great damage and prejudice of my royal treasury and the good
government of the islands. He petitioned me to be pleased to have a
speedy and efficacious remedy applied to so grave a matter and one
of so great importance. All the papers that were presented in regard
to this matter, together with what my fiscal declared and alleged
therein, having been examined in my royal Council of the Yndias, I
have considered it fitting to send you a copy of them so that you may
examine them; and, should the relation made therein appear to you to
be correct, you shall immediately apply the remedy for this injury. By
another decree, [8] I order my fiscal of my Audiencia there to take
up that case, and to plead all that he shall deem advisable for the
advantage and increase of my royal treasury, and the observance of
the orders and decrees that have been issued, since that pertains to
him by reason of his office. You shall continue to advise me of all
steps that you shall take, and of what you shall do in the future,
in this matter. Madrid, November 10, 1634.

_I the King_
By order of the king our sovereign:
_Don Gabriel de Ocana y Alarcon_

The King. To Don Sebastian Hurtado de Corcuera, whom I have appointed
as my governor and captain-general of the Filipinas Islands,
and president of my royal Audiencia therein: a letter which was
written to me under date of the former year 633, by Don Juan Cerezo de
Salamanca, my governor _ad interim_ of the said islands, on a matter of
government, has been received by my royal Council of the Yndias, and
an