Audiencia arrested by order of our president and auditors--under a
penalty of a fine of four times the amount, paid to our exchequer.

296. _Item:_ No permission or opportunity for gambling shall be given
in the jail, for money or other things except food. Wine shall not
be sold to the poor; or, if sold, shall be sold at the price it is
worth, and no more. No jail-fees shall be received from the poor
under penalty of a fourfold fine for our exchequer.


Interpreters of the Audiencia

297. _Item:_ We ordain and command that there shall be a body of
interpreters for our said Audiencia; and that before they are admitted
to exercise that office they shall swear in due form to perform their
duties well and faithfully, in declaring and interpreting the case
or matter committed to them, clearly and openly, without concealment
or addition--declaring simply the fact of the crime, business, or
testimony under examination. They shall likewise swear not to be
partial to either side, or to favor one more than the other, and not
to accept any reward for their service beyond the fee assessed and
fixed for them, under the penalty decreed for forswearers, and the
damages and interests of the parties, and a sevenfold return of the
amount received, and removal from office.

298. _Item:_ They shall receive no gifts or promises from Spaniards,
or from the Indians, or from other persons who shall have or shall
expect to have businesses or suits with them. They shall not accept
such gifts or promises, of great or small amount, even for articles of
food or drink; and even if these are voluntarily offered, without any