_ 63 _ does, and at seeing him go free while they are imprisoned and their belongings taken from them. If Diogo de Melo shows Your Highness any legal documents, you must be aware that they will be like others which he has drawn up here, that is, he forces the scrivener to give them to him. He has also asked the Governor to request witnesses to make accusations against me, casting suspicions on me. I have been able to defend myself by countering much of the evidence which he has produced. The Governor’s investigation into his actions and the inquiry into the suspicions about me, to which I refer, as well as the official documents presented as proof are on their way to you. Your Highness will, thereby, see everything and will learn the whole truth. The results of the investigations which I sent to Your Highness last year constituted the evidence and it was almost all confirmed by the Governor’s own enquiry the report on which has remained here in the possession of the scrivener. I know that the secretary never leaves Diogo de Melo’s house and spends his time in intrigues with him. He has conducted all his business with the Governor, who put it into effect. Manuel de Macedo is very well aware of this matter. I am not going to say more about Diogo de Melo’s affairs because Manuel de Macedo and others, who, as Your
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