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Florin in his next expedition fell in with a ftrong Bifcayan iquadron, 

 by which he was defeated and made prifoner, and being tranfmitted to 

 Spain, he was hanged at the Ifland of TenerifFe. Thus was an end of 

 him, his fhips, and our treafure. 



Avila was confined a clofe prifoner in France, but he fucceeded in 

 gaining the friendfhip of the officer in whofe cuftody he was, and ob- 

 tained means of communicating with his friends in Spain, to whom he 

 tranfmitted all the papers and documents with which he had been en- 

 trufted, and which were laid before his Majefty by the means of the 

 licentiate Nunez, coulin to Cortes and relator of the royal council, 

 Martin Cortes his father, and Diego de Ordaz. The Emperor was plea- 

 fed on due confideration to order, that all favor fhould be fhewn to 

 Cortes, and that farther proceedings fliould be fufpended until his Ma- 

 jefly's return to Spain. 



The intelligence of the lofs of the treafure was received by us as a 

 mofl ferious difappointment. The diftrid: of Guatitlan was honorably 

 referved by Cortes for Avila, notwitbftanding his captivity, and his 

 brother fucceeded to it three years after, Alonzo de x\vila being then ap- 

 pointed contador of Yucatan. 



The two captains, Sandoval and xAlvarado, after the fettlement with 

 Tapia, returned to their detachments, and proceeded on their expeditions, 

 of which I will now give an account. 



