t be put in the
state in which the said Plaza de Armas had been before, and at the time
when the said edifice was commenced, in such manner that the purpose of
the command of his Majesty in the said royal decree shall be complied
with. A royal decree in conformity with this act shall be despatched,
and shall be cried publicly in the customary districts and places,
so that knowledge thereof may come to all. And, by this their act,
they decree and command accordingly, and have signed their names.

_Doctor Don Alvaro de Messa y Lugo_
Licentiate _Don Juan de Saavedra Valderrama_
Licentiate _Don Mathias Delgado y Flores_
Before me:
_Pedro Alvarez_

Don Phelipe, by the grace of God king of Castilla, of Leon, of Aragon,
of the two Cicilias, of Hierusalem, of Portugal, of Navarra, of
Granada, of Toledo, of Valencia, of Galicia, of Mayorca, of Sevilla,
of Cerdena, of Cordova, of Corcega, of Murcia, of Jaen, of the
Algarves, of Algeciras, of Gibraltar, and of the Canaria Islands,
and of the Eastern and Western Yndias, islands and mainland, of the
Ocean Sea; Archduke of Austria, Duke of Borgona, of Bramante, and
Milan; Count of Arpspug [_i.e.,_ Hapsburg] and of Flandez, of Tirol,
and of Barcelona; Seignior of Viscaya and of Molina, etc. [Here the
royal decree quotes in full the foregoing act of the royal Audiencia
beginning: "In consideration of the fact that Don Alonso Faxardo de
Tenca," etc., down to "but likewise is prohibited by equity and law."]

Wherefore, looking for the greatest service to God and myself, the
increase and preservation of the said islands, and the welfare and
comfort of the citizens and dwellers therein, after examination by my
president and auditors of the royal Audiencia and Chancilleria of my
said Philipinas Islands, in whose charge is the government thereof,
through the death of my governor, Don Alonso Fajardo de Tenca, it
was agreed that I should revoke, as by these presents I do revoke,
the said grant and everything therein contained, and I declare it
null and of no force and effect. And I command all my justices and
ministers that each one of them in his jurisdiction, in so far as
concerns him, shall not consent to the use of the said monopolies or
any one of them, on the part either of the said seminary or of any
other person with a lease-title therefrom, or in any other manner,
who may employ and make use of the said grant; but on the other hand
they shall proceed to the punishment of su