All the sea and land
forces who shall take part in the said expedition, shall obey him as
they would yourself. I declare that, in this event, and in case of
your death, and the succession of the said Juan de Esquivel to the
charge of the expedition, he shall be subject and subordinate to my
royal Audiencia in those islands. The captains in whose charge is the
infantry raised in these kingdoms, I have selected as worthy men who
have served. Accordingly I charge and order you chat you honor and
favor them as far as possible, for in that I shall consider myself
served. You shall not dismiss them or deprive them of their companies
to give these to others, without just cause, unless it be to appoint
them to better offices. However, if they should commit crimes you
may punish them, as their superior. It is supposed that by the time
of the arrival of these soldiers at those islands--and they shall
leave Nueva Espana in the first vessels, after the arrival of the
trading fleet there--you will have matters so well in hand that you
may begin the expedition immediately.
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