56.
[18] St.John's day is June 26, and St.Peter's June 29.
[19] Span., _La puso en el cofrecillo secreto del acuerdo_; literally "placed it in the secret drawer of the assembly." [20] In 1621, the flagship of which Fernando Centeno was commander, "Nuestra Senora de la Vida," was wrecked in Isla Verde.

See Colin, _Labor evangelica_, p.

159.
[21] One may see in this and subsequent marginal notes of this nature, in this and in other documents, the possible working of the Spanish government offices.

The memoranda thus made on the margins of the document by the council or government representative in the king's name, evidently formed the basis of the various decrees and orders despatched to the colonies, in regard to points brought out in the document that needed legislation.

The document would probably be then turned over to the clerk or notarial secretary, who would have the decrees filled out properly, and in the stereotyped form, from these memoranda.