At  my  request  the  Council  ordered  the  restitution  to  the  repre-
sentatives of  the  owners  of  the  sugars  from  the  caravel  seized
under  Don  Antonio's  letters  of  marque,  by  which  means  I  have
succeeded  only  in  preventing  them  only  from  falling  into  the  hands
of  Don  Antonio,  since  the  owners  themselves  will  reap  no  advantage,
as  the  Admiral  of  that  part  of  the  coast  demands  1,000/.  sterling
besides  the  costs  incurred,  which  is  about  the  value  of  the
merchandise,  I  am  also  assisting  auother  Portuguese  from  whom
Silva  took  six  hundred  quintals  of  woad  at  Terceira,  and  for  the
ransom  of  which  Botello  made  him  give  a  bill.
846  SPANISH  STATE  PAPERS.
1682

News  arrives  from  Terceira  of  loth  March,  that  Antonio  de
Rivero  had  delivered  letters  to  Oipriano  de  Figueredo  from  Don
Cristobal  de  Mora,  with  great  promises  in  your  Majesty's  name,
which  Eivero  had  sent  to  Don  Antonio,  and  at  the  same  time  had
gone  to  de  Silva  and  told  him  that,  as  a  man  was  coming  with
"■  similar  papers  to  St.  Michael's,  he  should  be  instantly  seized  and

punished.
They  report  also  that  a  caravel  had  arrived  from  Lisbon,  from
which  there  had  landed  a  native  of  the  island  named  Gaspar,  who
had  in  the  name  of  your  Majesty  and  the  Chamber  of  Lisbon
represented  to  Silva  and  the  Governor  the  punishment  that  would
befall  them  if  they  continued  in  their  contumacy.  Ttiey  replied
that  they  acknowledged  Don  Antonio  as  their  King,  and  as  he  had
ordered  them  to  defend  themselves,  your  Majesty  need  not  trouble
yourself  to  send  similar  admonitions  to  them. — London,  25th  April
1582.
25  April.    252.    Bernardino  de  Mendoza  to  the  King.
