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and De Paz obtained other valuable polTeffiGns, and was appointed by- 

 Cortes his major domo and fecretary. To all thofe who came from his 

 country of Medellin, Cortes gave Indians, and to the captain of the 

 veffel a liberal reward in gold. 



Some readers may be curious to learn how thefe matters came to 

 my knowledge; to which I reply, that the conquerors received infor- 

 mation of the proceedings of our agents or procuradors, in four or five 

 letters written by them from Caftille j but I ufed then to fay often, that 

 it appeared to me that they procured only for Cortes and themfelves, and 

 during all that time, we who had made Cortes what he was, remained 

 encountering one danger and hardfliip after another. May God grant 

 us his prote(51:ion, and inftil into the mind of our great Caefar the de- 

 termination to caufe his true and juft intentions to be carried into effed:. 



