This page has been validated.
1588–1591]
GRANT TO SALAZAR
207
from those that shall first become vacant. Your Majesty will act herein as suits your pleasure. Madrid, April xii, 1590.
+
[Endorsed: "Council of the Indias. April 12, 1590. That the bishop of the Philippinas be granted three thousand six hundred ducados in unassigned tributes of those islands, as an aid in paying the debts that he has contracted in the service of our Lord, and of your Majesty, and the welfare of that state." "The opinion of the council is approved, although the former concessions and assignments would be preferable; for I suspect that in such favors irregularities are wont to occur in the payment to the loss of the collectors." "A warrant [for that sum] has been drawn up, in accordance with his Majesty's commands."][1]
- ↑ The first sentence is the official endorsement by the Council; the second, evidently that of the king; and the third, that of the Council's secretary.
