bout the most
holy sacrament, now threatening the soldiers with the wrath of God,
now exhorting the archbishop to stand firm; and it is even asserted
that the said father, appearing at the balcony, commenced to call
loudly to the inhabitants to come to the aid of their archbishop. That
appears probable to me, since a religious of St. Dominic, after the
confusion was over, remarked to a resident of Manila, as if chiding
him, that the citizens of Manila were worthless, since they had
not hastened on that occasion to the aid of their archbishop. The
inhabitants answered as follows: "Father, we are faithful vassals
to the king, and not traitors." There was a religious who went to
the archbishop and told him to be steadfast, saying that, since the
governor was excommunicated, most of the infantry would declare in
the archbishop's favor. While the soldiers were busied in clearing
the hall from the religious, it was seen that the whole convent of
St. Francis was coming in a close procession with lighted candles in
their hands. The soldiers went to meet them, and prevented them from
passing farther, but forced them to return to their convent. Thus
can your Grace see that all the actions of those fathers at that time
were for the purpose of creating confusion and stirring up the people.

The city seeing that the disturbance was increasing, assembled at
that time in the cabildo houses, and sent commissaries to consult
with the archbishop on the part of the city, and to protest against
the disturbances and mischief. The commissaries were the castellan,
Don Fernando de Ayala, and General Don Joan Claudio, and I think that
there were two others. Bearing before them the maces of the city,
they talked with the archbishop, who was clad in his pontifical robes,
and held the most holy sacrament in his hands. But they got nothing
out of the archbishop; and taking, by way of testimony, the protest
that had been made to him, they retired.

Now at that time, namely, at the hour of ten at night, the interdict
having been rung at the cathedral, and all the orders, without any
exception, having followed it, and ringing the interdict (as they
were obliged to do, in order to follow the metropolitan church),
the uproar caused the governor some anxiety. He went out with an
escort of soldiers, and gave orders that no one be allowed to go to
the house of the archbishop, in order that there might be no greater
concourse of the people. The soldiers b