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de Fonfeca, for fo he was named, who wiflied, throughout, to dcftroy 

 us all. 



The adherents of Velafquez now declared, that they wpuld not re- 

 main under the command of Cortes, but would return to the Ifland of 

 Cuba ; to which Cortes replied, that it was not his wifh to detain any 

 one contrary to his inclination, even though he fhould remain alone. 

 This pacified many, but Juan Velafquez de Leon a relation of the Go- 

 vernor of Cuba, Diego de Ordas, Efcobar who had been his page, Ef- 

 cu(^ero, and others were not to be reconciled ; fo that Cortes was obliged 

 to arreft them, and keep them for a time in irons. 



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