ts that were pending in the said Audiencia,
and were not concluded on trial, you shall resume in the condition
in which they were left, and they shall be prosecuted before you. You
shall pass sentence upon them; and if appeal is made by the parties, or
either one of them, from your decisions, you shall submit the appeal to
the president and auditors of my royal Audencia residing in the city of
Mexico, in Nueba Espana. You shall likewise refer to my said Audiencia
of Mexico the suits that may have received sentence on trial in the
said Audiencia, if appeal has been made from the sentence, so that
the cases may be prosecuted before it, and sentenced in review. And if
any suits were sentenced in review in the said Audiencia of the said
Philipinas Islands, and the execution of the sentences is demanded,
then you are authorized to have them executed, as well as the sentences
given on trial in the said Audiencia in suits pending therein, and
on which no appeal was made, and if the said sentences on trial were
passed in a case where judgment was rendered. Likewise I declare, and
it is my will, that you may hear and try the suits regarding Indians
which shall be moved in the said islands henceforth, and those which
might come before you on appeal from the corregidors that are and were
in the said islands. In hearing the said suits regarding Indians,
you shall observe the royal decree and edict given at Malinas, and
the declarations that were made regarding it. In this and in all the
abovementioned cases, as well as in all other suits and causes that the
said Gomez Perez Dasmarinas can and ought to try, as being governor and
captain-general, and you, the said licentiate Pedro de Roxas, as his
counselor and lieutenant-governor, for the determination of the said
suits and matters of justice, you shall observe the laws and ordinances
of these kingdoms, and the instructions, provisions, and decrees,
given by the emperor and king, my sovereign (may he rest in peace),
and by me, and those that shall be given. And for authorization to
perform and fulfil all that is above mentioned, and any portion and
part of it, and all else annexed and pertaining to it, I grant you
as complete and sufficient power as is required and as is needed. I
order the presidents and auditors of my royal audiencias of the said
Nueba Espana, and all the councils, magistrates, regidors, knights,
esquires, officials, and good men of all cities, towns, and hamlets
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