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3, he would be pleased to communicate it to the 

 most serene infantes called to the crown in the 

 same article, in the order in which they are so 

 named ; and that his Majesty would be pleased 

 to interpose his influence and prevail on one of 

 the members of his august family to proceed to 

 this empire, inasmuch as the prosperity of both 

 nations would be thereby promoted, and as the 

 Mexicans would feel satisfaction in thus strength- 

 ening the bands of friendship, with which they 

 may be, and wish to see themselves united to the 

 Spaniards. 



" 6th, Conformably to the spirit of the * Plan 

 of Iguala,'' an assembly shall be immediately 

 named, composed of men the most eminent in the 

 empire for their virtues, their station, rank, for- 

 tune, and influence ; men marked out by the ge- 

 neral opinion, whose number may be sufficiently 

 considerable to insure by their collective know« 

 ledge the safety of the resolutions which they may 

 take in pursuance of the powers and authority 

 granted them by the following articles. 



" ^th^ The assembly mentioned in the preced- 



