242. [Attorneys must be present to inspect the taxation of costs.]

243. [Petition for a decree is to be assigned to the next meeting of the Audiencia.]

244.  Attorneys who ask for documents beyond what the interests of the parties require shall pay six pesos to the court-room, and be imprisoned at the judgment of the president and auditors.  This provision shall be valid against all officials.

245. [Names of attorneys of both parties must be entered on all judicial acts and documents.]

246. [Money sent to attorneys for costs must be immediately deposited with the clerk, who shall keep a record.]

247.  They shall accept no more fees than shall be regulated by our president and auditors, especially in cases where Indians are plaintiffs or defendants, under a penalty of twice the amount, for our exchequer.

248. [Of notice to parties as to testimony on second instance.]

249. [Documents must be clearly written, without erasure, and properly folded.]

250. [Attorneys may not receive gifts to protract causes.]

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DATA

All the documents presented in this volume, except four, are obtained from the Archivo general de Indias at Sevilla, and are translated from our transcriptions of the original MSS.  They are located as follows: 

Penalosa’s two letters:  In the patronato “Simancas-Secular; Audiencia de Filipinas; cartas y expedientes del gobernador de Filipinas vistos en el Consejo; anos 1567 a 1599; est. 67, caj. 6, leg. 6.”

Loarca’s “Relation:”  In “Simancas-Filipinas; descubrimientos, descriptiones y poblaciones de las Yslas Filipinas; anos 1537 a 1565—­1 deg. hay 2 deg.; est. 1, caj. 1, leg. 1|23.”  In the Real Academia de Historia, Madrid, is a copy of this document, made by Munoz; it is somewhat modernized in spelling, capitalization, etc.  A copy of Munoz’s transcription is in Lenox Library.  The original MS. is without date; but internal evidence with Penalosa’s statement in his letter to the king (Vol.  IV, p. 315), shows that Loarca wrote his account of the islands in June, 1582.  In the same legajo with this document is the “Report on offices saleable;” but, as the dates show, both are misplaced here.  They probably belong in the same patronato as that in which are found the next two documents.

Ribera’s letter, and the instrument establishing the Audiencia of Manila:  In a patronato which bears the same title as the preceding one, but covers the years 1582 to 1606.  These two documents are in “est. 1, caj. 1, leg. 3|25”—­the Audiencia decree being also designated as “1 deg. 1, no. 11.”

Salazar’s letter of 1582:  In “Simancas—­Eclesiastico; Audiencia de Filipinas; cartas y expedientes del arzobispo de Manila, vistos en el Consejo; anos de 1579 a 1599; est. 68, caj. 1, leg. 1.”

Letter of Juan Baptista Roman:  In “Simancas-Secular; Audiencia de Filipinas; cartas y expedientes de los oficiales reales de Filipinas, vistos en el Consejo; anos 1564 a 1622; est. 67, caj. 6, leg. 29.”