[XXXV‑48] The date given by Pelaez is 1607. Mem., i. 295; Morelli, Fast. Nov. Orb., 348; and Calle, Mem. y Not., 116. In Pacheco and Cárdenas, Col. Doc., viii. 46, the year 1608 is named; and Squier in Cent. Am., 561, states 1609. Remesal suggests a later date.
[XXXV‑49] Gonzalez Dávila, Hist. Ecles., 164.
[XXXV‑50] Gonzalez Dávila, Teatro Ecles., 168, says he was appointed July 5, 1645, and arrived in Guatemala September 16th of the same year. In Juarros, Guat., i. 283, the date given for the king's appointment is 1641, which is the year Dávila gives for the transfer of Saravia. According to Escamilla, Noticias Curiosas de Guat., 9, Bishop Soltero entered Guatemala at the end of the year 1644 or the beginning of 1645. He agrees with Dávila in stating that he took possession of the office Sept. 16, 1645. We may conclude that there was an interval between the administrations of Saravia and Soltero of some three or four years.
[XXXV‑51] On the 31st of May 1647 the Santiago cabildo in a letter to the king stated that during the recent pestilence he rose from a sick-bed to visit all parts of the province and care for the people, dispensing alms, and by his example inciting others to good works. Arévalo, Col. Doc. Antig., 119-120.
[XXXV‑52] In 1608 the king released this hospital from an indebtedness of 17,411 tostones which had been loaned to it by the crown. Gonzalez Dávila, Teatro Ecles., i. 152.
[XXXV‑53] A mine of silver was made over to it in 1633; its income was at that time at least 30,000 ducats a year. Gage, New Survey, 283.
[XXXV‑54] Obtained entirely from contribution. President Escobedo was especially liberal and donated more than 55,000 pesos toward the expense of the new buildings. He also secured to the order a revenue of 300 dollars: 'pues dexò situados de renta segura mas de trecientos pesos.' García, Hist. Beth., ii. 28-31; also Medina, Chron. San Diego Mex., 37.
[XXXV‑55] The bishop Saenz Mañosca having endeavored to soften 'the severe rules of the order against the wishes of Fray Rodrigo, the latter resolved to prevent any alteration by obtaining the pope's ratification of the rules. One of the Bethlehemite brothers, at that time in Spain, was ordered to proceed with that object to Rome, where he succeeded, according to the bull signed by Pope Clement X. on May 2, 1672.' García, Hist. Beth., ii. 60-70.
[XXXV‑56] The bishop's rejoinder is very voluminous and controverts most of the statements made by his adversary. Ribera, El Maestro, no. i. 1-42; no. ii. 28; no. iii. 1-56.
[XXXV‑57] In Medina, Chron. S. Diego Mex., 241, it is said he died in Guatemala on the date given in the text, and Juarros, Guat., i. 285, adds that he was buried in the cathedral there. Escamilla, Not. Cur. de Guat., 4, states that he had left for La Puebla before his decease. The author last cited gives his name as Mallorca y Murillo, and Juarros as Mañosca y Murillo.