[XXVII‑36] In 1636 they refused to deliver up the bodies of some persons who had died in the hospital, and prevented their interment in the chapel of La Concepcion. Reales Cédulas, in Pacheco and Cárdenas, Col. Doc., xvii. 243.
[XXVII‑37] On the 17th of January 1626 he was consecrated at Valladolid in the Dominican convent of San Pablo. Gonzalez Dávila, Teatro Ecles., ii. 59-60; Alcedo, Dic., iv. 35-6.
[XXVII‑38] In a letter dated March 26, 1638, Felipe IV. approves of this measure. Panamá, Reales Cédulas, in Pacheco and Cárdenas, Col. Doc., xvii. 241.
[XXVII‑39] 'Mandamos á los Presidentes y Oidores, y á todos los demas Ministros de nuestras Reales Audiencias, que ninguno de los susodichos, ni sus mujeres entren en la clausura de los Monasterios de Monjas á ninguna hora del dia, ni la noche: y asimismo, que no vayan á hablar por los locutorios, y puertas Reglares á horas extraordinarias, y esto se guarde con la precision necesaria y conveniente á la decencia de los Monasterios.' Recop. de Indias, i. 393.
[XXVII‑40] In 1624 Alvaro de Quiñones Osorio, marqués de Lorenzana and knight of the order of Santiago, was appointed governor, and in 1632 was promoted to the governorship of Guatemala. His successor was Sebastian Hurtado de Corcuera, who held office only two years, Alcedo, Dicc., iv. 41, and was succeeded by Sotomayor, who died in 1639, Inigo de la Mota Sarmiento, a knight of the order of Santiago and a member of the supreme council, being the next in succession. Sarmiento died in 1642. There are no incidents worthy of note connected with any of them except Sotomayor, and it is by no means certain that Alcedo is right as to date or order of succession, but there are no other authorities on this point. Bazan succeeded Sarmiento.
[XXVII‑41] The date of the fire was the 21st of February 1644. Two days later another one broke out but was speedily controlled. Both were looked upon as the work of incendiaries, but if so they escaped detection. Panamá, Reales Cédulas (published 14th of May 1645), in Pacheco and Cárdenas, Col. Doc., xvii. 273.
[XXVII‑42] On May 13, 1645, the king says that in the face of royal orders Bazan had appointed Estévan Gallejos, his wife's nephew, warden of the castle of San Felipe, Portobello; and on the 5th of August 1647 that other relatives and dependents had been appointed to lucrative places. One nephew was alcalde mayor of Nasa; another, warden of the castle of Chagre; one servant was captain of the companies of the garrison, and another was factor. He was censured, and again commanded to obey, 'porque demas que bos se ara la demonstracion que conbenga, sereis castigado con toda seberidad.' Panamá, Reales Cédulas, in Pacheco and Cárdenas, Col. Doc., xvii. 275-81.
[XXVII‑43] Id., 269-71. Alcedo styles him Don Juan de Bitribeante y Navarra, knight of the order of Calatrava. Dic., iv. 42.
[XXVIII‑1] Captain Morgan said: 'If our number is small, our hearts are great; and the fewer Persons we are, the more Union and better shares we shall have in the Spoil.' Exquemelin, Hist. Bucaniers, 93.
[XXVIII‑2] Exquemelin, Hist. Bucaniers, 96.