the last honors
to the bishop in the church of the said order, declaring that it was
polluted by [containing] the remains of Senor Grimaldos, who in the
opinion of the said fathers died excommunicate.
8. The archbishop forcibly took from the fathers of the Society the
administration of the village of Cainta and Jesus de la Pena, and
gave it to the Augustinian fathers--thus revenging himself on those
of the Society, whom he regarded as enemies; and for this cause he
commanded them to tear down their buildings at Jesus de la Pena,
to the foundations--the governor aiding him in this atrocious act,
contrary to the laws and privileges of the royal patronage.
Appendix
1. The goods which the governor shipped as contraband, of which the
accountant made a written statement, are two hundred and thirty-five
packages.
2. The vessels which Endaya has built, with the authority that he
possesses, are two pataches and a champan.
3. The amount which the governor received from the Marques de la
Laguna, at Santa Rosa, was one hundred thousand pesos.
4. What the governor did with Blas Rodriguez [45] on account of the
quantity of gold taels which he gave him.
5. Of the Dominican friar who went to look at the bulls of Don
Fernando, that he might enter as a Franciscan.
6. How not even this gentleman has escaped from the anger of the
archbishop and Verart.
7. Of the inundation in Cagayan; of the locusts, famine, earthquakes,
and drouths; of disturbances, etc. [46]
8. Of the rosary entirely made of silver coins, [47] one hundred and
fifty thousand in number, which, it is said, the blessed Dominican
fathers gave to the governor.
9. Of the imprisonment of Roberto; and why and how the provisor went,
with great clatter of weapons and constables, to arrest a brother of
the Society.
10. How Father Pedroche, who had been banished from these islands,
escaped from Acapulco, and came back dressed as a Recollect.
11. Of the Dominican friar who killed another in Cagayan. [48]
THE PARDO CONTROVERSY
Brief relation of events in the city of Manila, in the Filipinas
Islands
The fiscal of the royal Audiencia of these islands, Licentiate Don
Diego Viga, received two letters and an official report, with many
depositions of witnesses, which were sent to him by the alcalde-mayor
of the province of Ilocos. [49] These letters and documents were to
the effect that by the continued residence of Bachelor Sebastian
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