[53] Corcuera to Felipe IV, June 30, 1636. Blair and Robertson, XXVI, 150 et seq.

[54] Fajardo to the King, July 10, 1651, A. I., 67–6–9.

[55] Ibid.

[56] Governor Lara to the King, July 19, 1654, A. I., 67–6–9.

[57] Cédula of April 2, 1664, with testimonios of former cédulas and correspondence on succession, A. I., 67–6–3.

[58] These two magistrates had come to the Islands on the same ship; Montemayor had disembarked at Cagayán and had come to the city by land, arriving a few days earlier than Coloma (Montero y Vidal, Historia general, I, 336).

[59] Events in Filipinas, 1668, Blair and Robertson, XXXVII, 23–63; also correspondence of Governor Manuel de León, and consultas of the Council of the Indies on Salcedo Affair, 1670–1673, A. I., 67–6–9, 10, 11; 67–6–3. For a more extended account of this episode, see Cunningham, “The inquisition in the Philippines; the Salcedo affair,” in the Catholic historical review, III, 417–445.

[60] Augustinians in the Philippines, 1641–70, Blair and Robertson, XXXVII, 273–275; also Consulta of Council of the Indies, July 16, 1674, A. I., 67–6–3.

[61] Montero y Vidal, Historia general, I, 354–361.

[62] Ibid., I, 375. See Chapters X and XI of this book.