Of those orders already here--namely, the Franciscans, the Augustinians, the Dominicans, and the Society--it is very desirable that your Majesty send many religious, because there is a great lack of instruction; and unless many of each order are sent, the natives cannot be instructed as befits the duties imposed upon your Majesty's and the bishop's consciences, under whose charge they are, as the bishop will inform you in the letter that he is writing to your Majesty.

We beg your Majesty to see to this matter and provide for it.

May God preserve the Catholic person of your Majesty.

At Manila, on June 25 of the year 88.
The licentiate Santiago de Vera The licentiate Melchor Davila The licentiate Pedro de Rojas Don Antonio Rivera Maldonado Bibliographical Data _Foundation of Audiencia_ .-- See _Vol_.

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