in instructing those recently converted, and in educating all who come from the neighboring kingdom in the gospel doctrine. Since that intent is so pleasing to God (since its purpose is to extend His true worship) his Blessedness trusted that it would be acceptable to me, and that I would give order for the furnishing of the fitting means, in order that so worthy an undertaking might be perfected and maintained, since by means of it the rearing in my domains of apostolic men would be obtained with the education of the greatest consideration, and the veneration due my royal person. Without prejudice to the seminary, and to the advantage of that city, very worthy subjects [it was represented] would graduate therefrom for the ministry of preachers, and for the office of parish priests, and those islands would be provided with very worthy subjects who would perform the duties of the apostolic institute, without there resulting to my royal treasury the vast expense of their transportation to so remote provinces, and of their maintenance therein. That representation having been examined in my Council of the Indias, and they consulting with me in regard to it, I have resolved to give notice of these things (as is done by the despatch of this day) to my governor and captain-general of those islands, telling him our great astonishment that that news has arrived by the medium through which it has been received, without his predecessor (in fulfilment of his first and due obligation) having informed me of so unexpected an innovation as that of having admitted into those islands foreign persons, to whose active effort the Roman court has been able to attribute the progress of the conversions and the propagation of our holy faith, when the principal consideration of my Catholic zeal consists in the despatch and support (at so great expense to my royal treasury) of the great number of learned missionaries of the orders which are established in those islands; that what the above-mentioned governor permitted is so contrary to the obligation and fulfilment of that purpose, as is manifest in the displeasure with which I view the fact that he allowed (with so great offense to my service) the excessive number of seminarists who have been received in the new college, many of them not being my vassals, but foreigners, who are admitted without my express license; that I should hear this great innovation and those harmful acts by other medium than that of my vassals and ministers; and that the conditions established in the foundation which I resolved with so great anticipation should be made, were altered. I order and command that, as soon as the despatch which is sent is received, without the least delay, all the foreign seminarists in the said seminary shall be immediately removed therefrom; and of those who shall be my vassals, those in excess of the number of the eight whom I have preferred, for whose support the calculation has been made, by settling the