The men
sent from here are armed with muskets and arquebuses. You shall be
careful in the distribution of this money, and in all the rest you
shall exercise the advisable care, system, and caution. You shall
endeavor to attain the end sought, as I confidently expect from you,
with the men sent from Espana, and those from Nueva Espana, together
with those whom you shall have collected in those islands for the
expedition to Ternate. If possible, you shall make the expedition
in person, as you have offered to do, and shall leave those islands
provided as it fitting. In case conditions are such that you cannot
go in person, on this expedition, then you shall appoint another man
of the experience and qualities requisite for it, who may take entire
charge of it; and for this I grant you authority. It is my will that,
in case of your death while on the expedition, or through any other
cause, or the death of the person whom you may appoint for it, Admiral
Juan de Esquivel succeed in it and continue it.
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