any attention
to this, since I felt that my actions proved my innocence; nor have I
ever thought it necessary to write to your Majesty about this matter,
although some things seemed to affect my honor; for, having been bred
in honor, I thought that in the end the truth must come to light,
and could not be obscured, [_MS. worn_] the royal service could not
be hindered here. [But now I feel] [8] myself compelled to speak of
this, because a letter was written [to] the auditor, Tellez Almacan,
in September of last year, which was a slanderous libel, without
signature; and I have another which was written this year, at the port,
to the auditor Don Antonio Maldonado, in the name of a friar. The
handwriting of it must be Doctor Morga's, although it is disguised,
[for so it was considered] by the auditor Almacan, who is writing to
your Majesty about this, as also is the fiscal of this Audiencia. I
beg your Majesty to commission whomsoever your Majesty deems best,
to investigate this matter, for it is not just that this evil act be
passed by in silence. I assure your Majesty that I have seriously
tried, and am still trying, not to be offended by their insults in
this land; and that in the Audiencia, not only have I kept, and still
maintain, great harmony, but I am also trying to harmonize the auditors
and the fiscal; for now they are not in accord, and many [of them]
have disputes and all [come to me,] and I reconcile them. In order
that your Majesty may know the manner in which I have served you, and
my method of procedure in this government, and in order that it may
be seen that [_MS. worn_] whatever may have been reported, or shall
be reported, to your Majesty in another way, I have wished to make,
before this same Doctor Morga, the report that I am sending to your
Majesty, from the most honorable people of this land, in order that
you may understand better my zeal for your Majesty's royal service,
and the good of this realm. May our Lord preserve the Catholic person
of your Majesty, as is befitting. Manila, July 14, 99.

_Don Francisco Tello_

[_Endorsed:_ "Governor Don Francisco Tello, July 14. Let this be
kept until that which is mentioned here arrives, and then let it
be presented."]

Sire:

I wrote your Majesty by the ships sailing from here to Nueva
Espana this year, about the news I had from Malaca concerning the
English ships which had come to Sunda, and had made a settlement and
fortification there; and