ended, on January twenty-eight. I went
in my coach and took the archbishop to his cathedral. A huge crowd
of people assembled there, and there was much rejoicing in the
community because of the conclusion of those suits, and because it
is believed that your Majesty will consider it well done and to your
royal service. However, I am ever on the watch for new disturbances,
as the archbishop is naturally inclined to such. Sire, I do not know
that the prelates who are clamoring at Madrid are the ones needed here
in these islands. Not even for this archbishopric is it advisable
that the archbishop be a religious; but he should be some learned
secular of exemplary life--one of the many whom your Majesty has in
your kingdoms. And I say the same also even for the other bishopries,
in so far as that might be possible. For the harmony that should reign
in these islands, it is of the highest importance that the prelates
be seculars instead of friars; for these latter side with the others
and throw everything into confusion, and oppose the governor to the
best of their ability. With secular prelates, things will go better,
and great harmony will reign. I have reported these litigations so
minutely that your Majesty may know the exact truth--if any of the
parties should write or go there, and try to deviate from the truth
in their relation. May our Lord preserve your Majesty's royal person,
as is necessary to Christendom. Manila, the last of June, 1636. Sire,
your vassal kisses your Majesty's feet.

Sebastian Hurtado de Corcuera

[The present document is accompanied by the following documents:]

[The act enacted against the Society of Jesus by the archbishop
and orders on October 9, 1635, _q.v._ Vol. XXV, pp. 216-219 (and
the notarial attestations, _ante_, pp. 72, 73); the letter from the
governor to Pedro de Monroy, of October 8, 1635, _q.v.,_ Vol. XXV,
pp. 207-208; the reply of the provisor, _q.v., ut supra_, pp. 209-210;
the letter from the archbishop to the governor, October 9, 1635,
_q.v., ut supra_, p. 221; the governor's reply to the archbishop,
_q.v., ut supra_, pp. 221-223 (followed here by notarial attestation
of the present copy, made at Cavite, June 26, 1636).]

Don Felipe, by the grace of God, king of Castilla, Leon, Aragon, the
two Cicilias, Jerusalem, Portugal, Navarra, Granada, Toledo, Valencia,
Galicia, Mallorca, Sevilla, Cerdena, Cordoba, Corcega, Murcia, Jaen,
the Algarbes, Algeciras, Gibraltar, the Canari