schemes, although certain new pretenses are alleged, and with absolute power, does the governor act just as he pleases.  It is impossible to remedy matters unless the governor be a man who fears God and your Majesty; for if he wishes to send depositions that the sun gives no light, as one might say, [he can do it].  What occurs to me, Sire, is that, since it is sufficient for the good sailing of the ships that they sail by the middle of July, if unable to sail before, your Majesty should set a time-limit by ordering that they sail between the middle of June and the middle of July, if they cannot sail before; and that they shall not sail after that.  In that way, since it will be known that they have to sail, all those interested in the cargo, even though it be the most influential persons, the governors, will have their despatches ready.  But they will not do it in any other way, for although your Majesty says that they shall not sail late, the governors do what they wish in this matter.  Will your Majesty be pleased to order your pleasure.

6.  The sixth is that your Majesty orders the Audiencia to send a relation of what occurred in certain crimes at Santa Potenciana.  Since the Audiencia writes it through its president, namely, the governor, scarcely could he refrain from telling the truth in order not to lie.  Consequently I think it advisable to answer that in this letter.  What passes, Sire, and it is the truth, is that the seminary called Santa Potenciana is a house of retreat, not for religion but for single or married women, and almost without retirement, as it has relaxed considerably.  For that reason it is a cause for wonder that there are men who some years are willing to leave their wives there during their absence.  Consequently, the majority of women there are mestizas.  It happened perchance that Lucas de Vergara Gaviria left his wife there when he went to Terrenate as governor, as did another who went later, namely, Sargento-mayor Antonio Carreno de Baldes.  It was said (and not covertly, but quite openly) that the governor solicited the wife of Lucas de Bergara, but that he was angered at her purity and virtue.  Also it was said that the same thing occurred with the wife of Carreno de Baldes, although she is not considered a person of so great virtue as the other woman.  And this being so, they say that Licentiate Hieronimo de Legaspi, while I was on that occasion in bed indisposed, proceeded against one Juan de Mohedano, because it was said that he had entered Santa Potenciana to hold carnal communication with a married woman.  Upon my recovery, and when I went to the Audiencia, I found that Juan de Mohedano was presenting a petition challenging their jurisdiction by saying that he was a soldier.  When I learned the cause, I wondered, for the woman was married and one of the chief women here, namely, the wife of the said Antonio Carreno de Baldes, who was in Terrenate.  I resolved to investigate the matter, as it was only verbal, so that it might not