away [from Mexico]. With this, and the confidence
that we place in him personally and in his prudence and great zeal,
we trust that the commissary will meet all success.

Given at Mexico, March first, one thousand five hundred and
eighty-three.
The licentiate _Bonilla_
The licentiate _Santos Garcia_

By order of the Inquisitors:
_Pedro de Los Rios_

FOUNDATION OF THE AUDIENCIA OF MANILA

Don Phelipe, by the grace of God, king of Castile, of Leon, of
Aragon, of the two Sicilias, of Ihm, of Portugal, of Navarra,
of Granada, of Toledo, of Valencia, of Galicia, of Mallorcas, of
Sevilla, of Cerdena, of Cordoba, of Corcega, of Murcia, of Jaen, of
the Algarves, of Algecira, of Gibraltar, of the islands of Canaria,
of the eastern and western Yndias islands, and the Tierra Firme of
the great ocean; archduke of Austria; duke of Bergona, of Brabante,
and Milan; count of Absburg, of Flandes, of Tirol, and of Barcelona;
lord of Vizcaya and of Molina; etc. Whereas, in the interests of good
government and the administration of our justice, we have accorded the
establishment in the city of Manila of the island of Lucon of one of
our royal audiencias and chancillerias, [43] in which there shall be
a president, three auditors, a fiscal, and the necessary officials;
and whereas we have granted that this Audiencia shall have the same
authority and preeminence as each one of our royal audiencias which sit
in the town of Valladolid and the city of Granada of these our realms,
and the other audiencias in our Yndias: now therefore we order to be
made and sent to the said island our royal seal, with which are to be
sealed our decisions which are made and issued by the said president
and auditors in the said Audiencia. Moreover, as to the course of
procedure which they are to follow in the performance of their duties,
we have ordered certain rules to be drawn up, as follows:

_House of Audiencia_

1. First, we ordain and command that in the said city of Manila there
shall be a house of Audiencia, where may sit and reside our said
president and auditors, and where our royal seal and register may be
kept, and in which shall be the prison and its warden, and the smelter
for precious metals. If there should, however, be no accommodation for
living in the said house, the auditors shall lodge in other houses,
which they shall occupy with the consent of their owners, paying
them rent; and the Audiencia shall be held in the house wh