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stolen the cross, said
during the current prior’s mandate
and with Padre Fray Juan Ruiz
as the vicar of the convent. And it was
during the time that Padre Fray Antonio Ximénez
was in Panay collecting
some rice. So that the father
provincial may be informed of what occurred
according to the investigation that
was undertaken about the cross, I give this [document] signed
in my name and with my seal,
which is dated 21 de Mayo de 1625.

Manuel Ribero.