_Fray Miguel_, archbishop.
Before me:
_Licentiate Alonso Ramirez_


[Father Fray Alonso de Valdemoro, definitor of the province of
San Gregorio, was then president and minister of the mission and
ministry of Dilao. In consequence of the aforesaid, the archbishop
having ordered him to open the sacristy, in order to inspect the holy
sacrament, and to examine the adornment that was there, he said that
he could not do it. Notwithstanding that reply, the prelate ordered
him once more to open the sacristy, where the most holy sacrament was
kept, in order that he might proceed with the said visit, "which he
was to obey immediately under penalty of the greater excommunication,
_latae sententiae ipso facto incurrenaa_, and four years' suspension
from the office of the ministry of souls." The father minister, having
been informed of the act, insisted on his reply, basing his action
on the pontifical privileges of his order. In respect to the royal
decrees, he said that he was obeying them, but that it was necessary
that they should be communicated to his own regular superior, who
had the right of answering them; "and consequently, that in virtue
of the said briefs, by which he is exempt from the jurisdiction of
the bishops in regard to the ministry and visit that his Excellency
intends to make; and by law, inasmuch as he is not the archbishop's
sheep or subject, the said excommunication ... does not oblige or
bind him. Accordingly, let his most illustrious Lordship determine
that matter with his superior, whom the said father is bound to obey;
and, while this matter is not clear, he does not consider as harmful
the penalties and censures imposed by his Excellency. He affixed