DOCUMENTS OF 1605



Complaints against the archbishop. Pedro de Acuña, and others;
July 1-4.
Relations with the Chinese. Pedro de Acuña, and others; July 4
and 5.
Letters to Felipe III. Pedro de Acuña; July 1-15.


_Source_: All these documents are obtained from the Archivo general
de Indias, Sevilla.

_Translations_: The first letter in the second document, and the first
two in the third, are translated by Henry B. Lathrop, of the University
of Wisconsin; the remainder, by Robert W. Haight and Emma Helen Blair.





Complaints Against the Archbishop

Sire:

Ever since I began to have dealings with the archbishop Don
Fray Miguel de Benavides, and have recognized his temper, I have
perceived the difficulties that he would cause me; accordingly, I
have always acted with great moderation and care. But the occasions