ervice, and which I ought to say. One is that the licentiate Rrojas,
in this country, where he is so busied with these means of gain,
is so puffed up with the authority and name of auditor, and with his
other abilities, that I believe that he will not serve your Majesty
so well in this country as in another, where these opportunities
are wanting. The other thing is that I do not consider it fitting
to the royal service of your Majesty to give a man who should have
served your Majesty in a similar place here, anything in Mexico; for
as such men go delighted with their interests and gains from trade
here, they are fettered and biased by their relations with the trade
of this country, which always [_break in MS_.] objects and profits,
and not in accord with the common welfare and perpetuity of these
islands. In both of these matters your Majesty will determine what
is most important for your royal service. May our Lord preserve and
prosper your Majesty for many long years, as Christendom has need.

Manila, June vi, 1592. [36]

_Gomez Perez Dasmarinas_

[_Addressed_: "To the king, our sovereign."]

[_Endorsed:_ "To His Majesty, 1592. Gomez Perez Dasmarinas. June 6." "A
place has already been given him as alcalde of Mexico, although the
matters reported in this letter are not remedied thereby."]

[Accompanying the letter, and on a separate fold of paper, is the
following:]

_Register of merchandise carried in the ship "Sant Felippe_"

I, Juan de Cuellar, notary of mines and registers, certify that, in
the galeon "Sant Felippe" now ready to set sail for Nueva Espana, from
the port of Cavite, this present year of five hundred and ninety-one,
the persons named below are exporting the following bales and boxes
of merchandise:

Bales Boxes
Don Frai Domingo de Salazar, bishop
of the Philippinas, fifteen bales and
thirty-three boxes. xv xxxiii

The president Santiago de Vera, with
the others contained in his memorandum,
sixty bales and twenty-nine
boxes. lx xxix

Pedro Herrandez, for the licentiate
Rojas, former auditor of the royal
Audiencia, and present counselor,
etc., nineteen bales and four boxes. xix iiii

The auditor Don Antonio de Rribera
Maldonado, fifty-two bales and
twenty boxes. lii xx

The licentiate Ayala, fiscal, twenty-seven
bales and seventeen boxes. xxvii xvii

The dean of Manila cathedral, in the
said vessel and in