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Espanola, four good professors in theology, to the end and aim of 

 their studying and laboring to convert to our holy faith the inhabi- 

 tants of the Indies; and in proportion as by God's will the revenue of 

 the estate shall increase in the same degree shall the number of 

 teachers and devout persons increase, who are to strive to make 

 Christians of the natives; in attaining which no expense should be 

 thought too great. And in commemoration of all that I hereby ordain, 

 and of the foregoing, a monument of marble shall be erected in the 

 said church of La Conception, in the most conspicuous place, to serve 

 as a record of what I here enjoin on the said Diego, as well as to 

 other persons who may look upon it; which marble shall contain an 

 inscription to the same effect. 



Item. I also require of Diego, my son, and whosoever may suc- 

 ceed him in the estate, that every time, and as often as he confesses, 

 he first show his obligation, or a copy of it, to the confessor, praying 

 him to read it through, that he may be enabled to inquire respecting 

 its fulfillment ; from which will redound great good and happiness to 

 his soul. 



S. 

 S. A. S. 

 X. M. Y. 



El Almirante. 



