[32] If they should say that I am a very good governor, your Majesty does not excuse me from my residencia for that reason.

If they should say that I am very evil, I petition you to hear us all, and that you will pardon me for saying this which was unnecessary.
[_Marginal note_: "Ecclesiastical government.

You mention some things in this section which it is advisable for you to understand thoroughly because of their gravity and for their better management, as follows.

What you say of the good treatment of the natives, and of the burdens and evils that come upon them, is excellent.

Endeavor that what you think best be carried out in regard to their services, relieving, consoling, and comforting them by good works, equity, and administration of justice, taking their cause _ex officio_ against the more influential and powerful who [_MS.