Letter to Felipe II. Melchor Davalos; Manila, July 3, 1584.
Letter to the archbishop of Mexico. Santiago de Vera; Manila,
June 20, 1585.
Two letters to Felipe II. Fray Geronimo de Guzman
[Madrid? 1585]; and Fray Jhoan de Vascones [1585?]


Sources: These documents are obtained from the original MSS. in the
Archivo de Indias, Sevilla--excepting the royal decrees, which are
found in the _Crónica_ of Santa Inés and in the "Cedulario Indico"
of the Archivo Historico Nacional, Madrid, respectively.

Translations: The first document is translated by Henry B. Lathrop,
of the University of Wisconsin; the second and fourth, by Alfonso
de Salvio, of Harvard University; the third, by Arthur B. Myrick,
of Harvard University; the fifth, by José and Clara M. Asensio;
the sixth, by Herbert E. Bolton, of the University of Texas.



Foundation of the Audiencia of Manila (_concluded_)


Commissioners

251. [Examinations not to be repeated.]

252. _Item_: We command that the said commissioners of examination
[_receptores_], and special clerks who go on inquiries, shall not
play games of chance, except for articles of food ready to be eaten,