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. Therefore am I moved to tears To see a Theatine who is married; And who was, because of his sin-- Provincial, Theatine, and cripple. Archdeacon with no right--Jiron. A bishop with little learning--Camudio. A notorious excommunicate--Tenorio. Right well they deserve the Purgatory Of Hell, these three friends; For they are the enemies of God-- Jiron, Camudio, and Tenorio. Who was hanged from a beam?--An artilleryman. On what was that action based?--On the slave-girl. Of what did the homicide deprive him?--His life. Unjustly lost It was; but still I lament That he should lose in one moment-- That artilleryman--his slave-girl and his life. He who thought to pay from his profits--tributes; And he who in hanging dogs saw--fetters; And he who caused the mulatto women to bear--daughters: All these simpletons Must come to a halt; Because the devil will carry off-- Tributes, fetters, and daughters. [9] For so great malice, there is no--justice; Nor for so many injuries--words; Nor for so many follies--cures. [10] All these misfortunes, We Christians must suffer; For powerless we see-- Justice, words, and cures. What results finally?--Resolution. And from these evil things?--Punishments. And from so great discontent?--Torment. Not in vain do I lament, Seeing the sincere [11] Church Become otherwise because of Corcuera-- Suffering, punishments, and torment. LETTERS FROM GOVERNOR HURTADO DE CORCUERA _Ecclesiastical_ Most potent Sir: Although I have related to the tribunal of the holy Inquisition of Mexico the disorders that have happened in this city this year which were caused by the fathers of St. Dominic, and helped and strengthened by the father commissary of the Holy Office, Fray Francisco de Herrera--who has endeavored to avenge his passions and those of his religious through the authority of so holy a tribunal, but overstepping the manner of procedure and prudence that that holy tribunal has in all its actions--yet I have thought it best to have recourse to your Highness as to the supreme authority, so that you with the ruling hand may apply an efficacious remedy to the said disorders. Therefore, I shall give your Highness an account of them in this letter, in detail, although
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