[XXXIV‑6] See [p. 303] et seq. this vol.
[XXXIV‑7] Cerda was promoted to Las Charcas in 1577. Gonzalez Dávila, Teatro Ecles., i. 306.
[XXXIV‑8] His administration was one of great benefit to the diocese. Soon after his arrival he wrote the king concerning its urgent necessities, and his Majesty sent him 50 pictures and 50 missals, and instructed him to found a professorship, which was done Sept. 29, 1602. The bishop made many gifts to the principal chapel of the Merced convent, and was buried there. Gonzalez Dávila, Teatro Ecles., i. 307.
[XXXIV‑9] Id., 305. The total number of these Indians is stated at 8,000 in Calle, Mem. y Not., 126.
[XXXIV‑10] In 1629 Galdo solicited the padre-general of the Jesuits to send a few of his order to Honduras; but the experience of the Jesuits in Granada and Realejo a few years before led to a refusal. Alegre, Hist. Comp. Jesus, ii. 176.
[XXXIV‑11] See [p. 446] et seq., this vol.
[XXXIV‑12] The name of the prelate who was in charge at the time is a matter of doubt. In 1651 Doctor Juan de Merlo was consecrated bishop of Honduras in Mexico, but did not proceed to his diocese until December of the following year. Guijo, Diario, in Doc. Hist. Mex., série i. tom. i. 190, 228. How long he held office is not known. In 1671 the see was offered to Pedro de Angulo, who declined the mitre. Robles, Diario, in Id., série i. tom. ii. 114. The next appointment mentioned is that of Martin de Espinosa, who died suddenly in 1675, while in the act of dispensing alms after mass. He was a centenarian, but apparently in good health. Id., 210. According to Vasquez, he foretold his death eight days before; its approach being revealed to him in a vision. Chron. de Gvat., 215-16. No other reference is made to the episcopate of Honduras until the close of the century, when it is stated that Angel Maldonado, who had received the mitre, was transferred to Oajaca. Robles, Diario, in Doc. Hist. Mex., série i. tom. iii. 256-7.
[XXXIV‑13] 'Y aũque se libraron despachos, para que remitiesse lo actuado el Señor Obispo, ... no los remitio, porque quizas podian reconocerse falidos ... y post tot discrimina rerum, fuè declarado el Señor Obispo por estraño.' Chron. de Gvat., 215.
[XXXIV‑14] The names of the governors of Honduras in the order of their succession from 1561 to 1781 are given in Pelaez, Mem. Hist. Guat., ii. 177-80.
[XXXIV‑15] Neither Pelaez nor Zamacois makes any mention of this first attack, but D. Galvez in Soc. Mex. Geog., Bol., ii. ép. 243-5, is so clear and specific in his narrative that we must consider it an omission on their part.