Pedro Menendez received the title of Governor by right of conquest, and
Captain-General and Commander of the Fleet by conference of his Majesty
for faithful, valorous service--Don Martin Menendez receives the title
of perpetual Governor by right of inheritance--Important papers burned
at Simancas--Manuel De Mendoza reports to his Majesty as to the designs
of the English enemy--Discovery of the South Sea--Condition of this
Garrison and other Provinces--Implores aid in completing
fortifications--Report to his Majesty by Francisco De La Guerra y Vega
concerning an Englishman taken prisoner in the Province of Guale--One of
a crew sent out from a settlement of English at St. Elena--This man who
was second in authority was confined in prison on soldiers’ rations--An
effort made to break up the English settlement, which was unsuccessful.