[Footnote 40: ’Y el colegio de teologos envio al maestro fray Juan de Guevara y a otro maestro, a pedirle y mandarle que no faltase de alli porque no podian hacer nada sin las lenguas.’ This is Castro’s version. (Documentos ineditos, vol. X, p. 12.)]
[Footnote 41: Castro states (Documentos ineditos, vol. X, p. 16) that this pious student was Bernardino de Mendoza, son of the Marques de Mondejar.]
[Footnote 42: Bartolome de Carranza mentions (Documentos ineditos, vol. XI, p. 279) Castro’s muddle-headed knack of misunderstanding what was said to him, and his propensity to argue points, imagining that his opponents had said the very reverse of what they had said. As to Castro’s lack of expository power, Luis de Leon states, ’tiene falta de lengua’ (Documentos ineditos, vol. X, p. 327).]
[Footnote 43: This is established by the evidence of Mancio, a professor who came to Medina’s rescue: ’...vio este testigo quel dicho fray Luis de Leon arguyo al dicho fray Bartolome de Medina muy bien, e que no le concluyo, y ques verdad que tuvo el dicho fray Bartolome de Medina padrino en este testigo para ayudalle y le ayudo para los argumentos que se le ofrecieron; e que lo queste testigo conto a los estudiantes fue que tuvo necesidad el dicho fray Bartolome de Medina que le ayudase, aunque sin padrinos pudiera el responder’ (Documentos ineditos, vol. XI, p. 317). This must be dated before February, 1570, when Medina took his degree as Master of Theology (Documentos ineditos, vol. XI, p. 340). In May-June, 1571, Luis de Leon and Medina had a squabble as to the distribution of lectures. The Rector of Salamanca decided in Medina’s favour: Luis de Leon appealed to the Consejo Real at Madrid, and won his case on September 23, 1566 (Documentos ineditos, vol. XI, pp. 323-327).]