To give color to their impudence, one of them has dared to write to your Majesty that there was not a person in all your kingdom who could in the least be trusted.

The mistakes of these people are never punished, nor is there any one who dares to demand an investigation against them, even when they have done a thousand injuries.

In short, he must be such a one as the emperor Theodosius spoke of to St.Ambrose, when he sent him to govern Milan: "Go; and, look you, I send you not to act as governor, but as bishop." Such must be the governors of the Filipinas, if your Majesty would have them succeed.
And on this account I have no fault to find with Don Alonso Faxardo, whom your Majesty has sent at present to govern.

On the contrary, I believe that he will conduct himself there as befits the service of your Majesty and the welfare of your kingdom.

For I recognized such desires in him in the little intercourse that I had with him in Mexico, where I was acquainted with him.