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vereign of glorious memory, for the same prohibition; and he ordered that, as soon as the said religious were expelled from their holy orders, they be put aboard ship and sent to the kingdoms of Castilla, and not be allowed to remain or live in the Yndias. Therefore, having thoroughly examined, conferred over, and considered, they all unanimously and fully in accord resolved to enact a statute in this archbishopric in the following form and manner: 'We ordain that, now and henceforth, no one of the professed religious expelled from the religious orders now, or hereafter to be, established--whether from the religious orders now established in the Church of God, or from those which shall be established later--or the professed members of the fourth vow [58] of the Society of Jesus, shall be admitted or appointed to dignidades, canonries, or curacies, of Spaniards or of Indians, throughout this archbishopric. Those expelled from the said Society of Jesus, and who shall not have taken the fourth vow, may, three years after their expulsion and dismissal from the said order, if they have given therein a good example in their lives and morals, and if they are of such stamp that they may be of advantage for the edification and welfare of souls, be admitted by the prelate, now or hereafter, to the benefices which are curacies of the Indians--but only outside of this city; and not to the said canonries, dignidades, or curacies of Spaniards or Indians within this city. And inasmuch as this holy Church recognizes that it is under obligations for many reasons to his royal and Catholic Majesty, the king our sovereign, as being his foundation, and that it will not be proper to enact or make any statute without his pleasure and order, they determined to go before his royal person and entreat him humbly to confirm the present, and consider it fitting, as a matter of so great importance to the service of God our Lord, and to that of his royal Majesty, and to the increase of this holy Church. _Fray Pedro_, bishop of Santissimo Nombre de Jesus. _Dean Arellano_ The archdeacon of Manila. The schoolmaster of Manila. _Precentor Sanctiago de Castro_ The treasurer of Manila. _Canon Tomas Gimarano_ _Canon Garcetas_ _Canon Juan de la Cruz_ _Canon Alonso Garcia de Leon_ _Racionero Don Francisco de Caldes_ _Racionero Tomas de Bega_ _Racionero Pedro Flores Benegas_ Before me: _Alonso Ramirez_, secretary of cabildo." And my royal Coun
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