Philipinas did not
take place, as he died on the way; and the funds that were given him
for the purpose were lost. Since it has pleased the divine Majesty
that the discalced Augustinian religious who are in those parts [61]
should succeed in so satisfactory and exemplary a manner, preaching
the holy gospel and giving the light of our holy Catholic faith, and
so earnestly striving for its increase--as your Majesty is informed by
the archbishop of Manila, and the city and cabildo, and the bishop of
Santissimo Nombre de Jesus. For all point out to your Majesty the great
importance of sending religious of this holy order to the Philipinas;
and that it is better to maintain there those who have been discalced,
than those who enter from among the calced and are not instructed in
the austerity to which the discalced are obliged. For this reason our
very holy father, Paul V, separated and divided us from the calced
fathers; and accordingly our father-general sent them a notification
that his Holiness had separated them, and had sent an order that they
should form a chapter and appoint a provincial--as will appear from
the papers which I present, and from the letters of the archbishop of
Manila, and from the bishop of Santissimo Nombre de Jesus, and from
the letter from the city of Manila. From the letters of the religious
it will be plain to your Majesty how important it is for the service
of our Lord to have a head and superior of the same penitent mode of
life, so that this reformation may be preserved, and they may with
fervor continue to gain souls for heaven and the increase of our holy
Catholic faith. I therefore beg your Majesty to grant us the same
despatches that were given to us for the said voyage, so that we
may receive the favor of it. I likewise present the letter written
by the Audiencia of Manila, in which your Audiencia states what are
its intentions when anything is asked on the part of the Recollects.

Bibliographical Data

All the documents contained in this volume are obtained from original
MSS. in various foreign archives--excepting only that the _Relation_
of Maldonado (1606) is from a printed pamphlet. Most of them are from
the Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla, their pressmarks as follows.

1. _Complaints against the archbishop_.--(a) Letters from Acuna and
the Augustinians: "Simancas--Secular; Audiencia de Filipinas; cartas y
expedientes del gobernador de Filipinas vistos en el Consejo; a