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sciences not to denounce or make it known, except with the consent 

 of Don Dieg;o, or the person that may succeed him, but let the above 

 tithe be paid in the manner I have directed. 



Item. In order to avoid all disputes in the choice of the two 

 nearest relations who are to act with Don Diego or his heirs, I hereby- 

 elect Don Bartholomew, my brother, for one, and Don Fernando, my 

 son, for the other; and when these two shall enter upon the business 

 they shall choose two other persons among the most trusty, and most 

 nearly related, and these again shall elect two others, when it shall 

 be question of commencing the examination; and thus it shall be 

 managed with diligence from one to the other, as well in this as in 

 the other of government, for the service and glory of God, and the 

 benefit of the said entailed estate. 



Item. I also enjoin Diego, or any one that may inherit the es- 

 tate, to have and maintain in the city of Genoa one person of our line- 

 age to reside there with his wife, and appoint him a sufficient revenue 

 to enable him to live decently, as a person closely connected with the 

 family, of which he is to be the root and basis in that city; from 

 which great good may accrue to him, inasmuch as I was born there, 

 and came from thence. 



Item. The said Don Diego, or whoever shall inherit the estate, 

 must remit in bills, or in any other way, all such sums as he may be 

 able to save out of the revenue of the estate, and direct purchases to 

 be made in his name, or that of his heirs, in a fund in the Bank of 

 St. George,* which gives an interest of six per cent, and is secure 

 money ; and this shall be devoted to the purpose I am about to ex- 

 plain. 



Item. As it becomes every man of rank and property to serve 

 God, either personally or by means of his wealth, and as all moneys 

 deposited with St. George are quite safe, and Genoa is a noble cit}' 

 and powerful by the sea, and as at the same time that I undertook to 

 set out upon that discovery of the Indies, it was with the intention of 

 supplicating the King and Queen, our lords, that whatever moneys 

 should be derived from the said Indies should be invested in the con- 

 quest of Jerusalem; and as I did so supplicate them, if they do this, 

 it will be well ; if not, at all events the said Diego, or such persons as 

 may succeed him in this trust, to collect together all the money he 

 can, ';_and accompany the King, our lord, should he go to the con- 

 quest of Jerusalem, or else go there himself with all the force he can 

 command; and in pursuing this intention, it will please the Lord to 

 assist toward the accomplishment of the plan ; and should he not be 

 able to effect the conqviest of the whole, no doubt he will achieve in 

 part. Let him therefore collect and make a fund of all his wealth in 

 St. George in Genoa, and let it multiply there until such time as it 

 may appear to him that something of consequence may be effected as 

 respects the project on Jerusalem; for I believe that when their High- 

 nesses shall see that this is contemplated, they will wish to realize it 

 themselves, or will afford him, as their servant and vassal, the means 

 of doing it for them. 



"The great financial corporation ol Genoa. 



