[74] Juan de Mariana (1536-1624) was one of the most noted writers among the Spanish Jesuits. The work here referred to is that which he published originally in Latin, Historiæ de rebus Hispaniæ libri XXV (Toleti, 1592), which carried the history of the Spanish monarchy down to 1516. His own Spanish version of this work, enlarged and corrected, appeared at Toledo, 1601. Other writers continued this history to 1649 and 1669; and the last of these was extended to 1678 by Felix Lucio de Espinosa y Malo (Madrid, 1678). This work has had many editions, translations, and criticisms--for which see Sommervogel's Bibliothèque Comp. de Jesus. One of Mariana's works, De rege et regis institutione (Toleti, 1599), was censured by the Parliament of Paris and publicly burned by the executioner in 1610; and the French court asked the Spanish government to suppress it, which request was refused. [75] That is, the writer's desire to flatter some influential persons who were enemies of Valenzuela. [76] The alternation [alternativa] of the elections consisted in this, that during one triennium the offices were held by natives of Spain, and during the next one by those born in the Indias.--Fray Tirso López. [77] Spanish, pasado en authoridad de cosa juzgada (equivalent to the Latin res adjudicata). [78] Spanish, se comprometió. With us elections sometimes go by compromissum; that is, where no result is secured as usual by close ballot the chapter designate a committee to nominate some person, usually with the pledge that the chapter will afterward elect him, and thus ratify the committee's choice.--Rev. T. C. Middleton, O.S.A. [79] Among the voters at provincial and general chapters are two classes especially designated by provinces or convents to represent the entire community; these are the definitors and the discreets (VOL. XXXIV, p. 419). The conventual discreet is chosen for the provincial chapter, and is elected by all the voters of a house in chapter assembled. The discreet-general is chosen for the general chapter, by the provincial chapter. At the general chapter every province is entitled to representation by three voters--the provincial, the definitor, and the discreet. At provincial chapter every large house, or convent, is entitled similarly to representation by two voters, the priors and the discreet (there is no definitor for a house).--Rev. T. C. Middleton, O.S.A. [80] There must be some error in the text--probably made in the transcriptions of Diaz's manuscript for publication--for Pérez says (Catálogo, p. 140) that these missions contained 160 religious. The father here named is mentioned a little below as Manuel Losada, which name (although it does not appear in Pérez) was probably his baptismal and family name, the other being that assumed by him on entering the order.