of all the other orders, that in what pertains to,
and is incumbent on them, they observe and obey this decree, acting in
harmony with you, for all that shall be advisable. Given in San Lorenzo
el Real, June first, one thousand five hundred and seventy-four.

_I The King_
By order of his Majesty:
_Antonio de Eraso_"

I order you to examine the said decree, and its sections
above-incorporated, and you shall observe and obey it, and cause it
to be observed and obeyed _in toto_, as is contained and declared
in it and in each one of its sections, as if it were given for those
islands and directed to you. I charge the reverend father in Christ,
the bishop of those islands, the venerable dean and cabildo of
the cathedral church of the islands, all the curas, beneficiaries,
sacristans, and other ecclesiastical persons, and the venerable and
devout fathers provincial, guardians, priors, and other religious of
the orders of St. Dominic, St. Augustine, St. Francis, and all the
other orders, that in what pertains to, and is incumbent on them,
they observe and obey it, acting in harmony with you in every way
that may be advisable and necessary. Given in San Lorenzo, September
thirteen, one thousand five hundred and eighty-nine. [1]

_I The King_
By order of the king our sovereign:
_Joan de Ibarra_
Signed by the Council.

[The litigation between the prelate and the religious orders originated
from the visitation of the village of Dilao (which belonged to the
ministry of the Franciscan fathers), commenced by Archbishop Miguel
Garcia Serrano, June 24, 1624, [2] with the dictation by him of the
following:] [3]

_Act_. In the village of Quiapo, which is near the city of Manila, on
the twenty-second day of the month of June, one thousand six hundred
and twenty-two, his Excellency, Don Fray Miguel Garcia y Serrano,
archbishop of these Philipinas Islands, member of his Majesty's
council, etc., declared that, inasmuch as the eleventh chapter
of the twenty-fifth session of the holy council of Trent rules and
orders that the religious who exercise the duties of curas of souls be
immediately subject, in regard to such duties and in all that pertains
to the administration of the sacraments, to the jurisdiction, visit,
and correction of the bishop in whose diocese they minister; and that
no one, even though he be _admovibilis ad nutum_, can exercise the
said office of cura without having obtained beforehand the consent
and exam