he three mantas of Pedro Castaneda must be paid for,
according to what is right. Tell Senora Juana that I beg her pardon
for not having gone to say goodbye to her uncle and aunt, and give
her my regards. And will your Grace tell Captain Juan Dominguez, when
he comes from Terrenate, that I send him my regards. Now I shall say
nothing further except that may God preserve your Grace for many years,
and take you to your home; and, if I reach there first, I shall say
that you are well. Given on this new year's. From your Grace's comrade,

Bartolome Dominguez

The address of this letter reads: "To my comrade, Juan Romero (may
our Lord preserve him!) at the house of Juana Munoz, next to the
Society, Cavite."

Collated with the copy of the report and letter which are in possession
of Don Sebastian Hurtado de Corcuera y Mendoca. At the order of his
Lordship I drew this copy, which is a true and faithful copy. Witnesses
at its copying, correction, and collation were the accountant Juan
Bautista de Cubiaga, Agustin de Reguen, and Juan de Palma, who were
present. In testimony of truth, I sealed and signed it.

Andres Martin de Arroyo, royal notary.

[The notarial attestation of the validity of documents drawn up before
the above notary, dated Manila, May 8, 1636, and signed by Agustin
de Valencuela, Alfonso Baeza del Rio, and Francisco de la Torre,
follows.] [20]

[_In the margin_: "That during the eleven months while he has been in
that government he has done no other thing than to establish the royal
jurisdiction and patronage, and subdue the religious to [understand]
that his Majesty is their natural seignior and the seignior of those
islands; and he relates the mischievous proceedings of the religious
of St. Francis, St. Augustine, and St. Dominic."]

Sire:

One would believe that your Majesty (may God preserve you) has sent
me not to govern your Filipinas Islands, but to conquer them from
the religious of St. Dominic, St. Francis, and St. Augustine; for
in the eleven months since my arrival here, I have had no other
thing to do than to establish the jurisdiction of your Majesty
and your royal patronage, and to subdue the said religious to the
understanding that your Majesty alone is their natural seignior,
as well as the seignior of the said islands. And hitherto they have
succeeded in and obtained whatever they desired, either because they
have governed the governors, or the governor through fear of their
so insole