the decree, and observed the custom in these kingdoms; of this, too,
you are informed so that, being aware of it, you may take care that the
said decree is complied with as I command you to do. As to the other
matters contained in your letters, decisions will soon be reached,
and the result will be written to you soon. Pardo, December 2, 1613.


_I The King_

Countersigned by:
_Juan Ruiz de Contreras_
Signed by the members of the Council.



DOCUMENTS OF 1616


Recommendations regarding the archbishopric of Manila. [Council
of the Indias?]; 1613-16.
Letter to Felipe III. Valerio de Ledesma, S.J.; August 20.
Portuguese and Spanish expedition against the Dutch, 1615. Juan
de Rivera and Valerio de Ledesma, S.J.; [1616?].


_Sources_: The first document is obtained from the original MS. in the
Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla. The second, and the first part of
the third, are found in the Ventura del Arco MSS. (Ayer library), i,
pp. 403-429; the remainder of the third, in Colin's _Labor evangélica_
(Madrid, 1663,) pp. 802-810.