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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.