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Let it be granted in accordance 
with article 85 of the said ordi¬ 
nances for new settlements. 
Let him be granted what is pro¬ 
vided in article 99 of the said ordi¬ 
nances. 
Since the naming of the said offi¬ 
cials and their employment are in¬ 
dispensably necessary for the pur¬ 
pose of this expedition and it can¬ 
not be made without them, let him 
be granted and given power to 
name them, and let him be warned 
that he must name persons in whom 
occur the qualities required for 
these offices. 
This is provided in article 1 of 
this agreement. 
5. Item: That to the said con¬ 
querors and settlers and their chil¬ 
dren and descendants all favor and 
honor shall be given, and they shall 
be granted lots of land for pasture 
and farms, and as such they shall 
be allowed all the privileges and ex¬ 
emptions of ordinance 85. 
6. Item: That to the said con¬ 
querors and settlers the favor which 
his Majesty grants them in ordi¬ 
nance 99 shall be extended, making 
them and their descendants and suc¬ 
cessors gentlemen of noble family, 
so that they may enjoy all the hon¬ 
ors and privileges, and be empow¬ 
ered to do all the things that all 
noblemen and knights of the king¬ 
doms of Castile, according to the 
statutes, laws, and customs of Cas¬ 
tile, have the power and right to do 
and enjoy, in conformity with the 
said ordinance. 
7. Item: That power shall be 
given me to name immediately 
maese de campo , alféreces , ser¬ 
geants, captains, inspector, and the 
other officials that may be neces¬ 
sary and that it appears to me are 
needed for the said expedition, and, 
if it should be expedient, to change 
them and name others. 
8. Item: That because of the 
great expense and excessive labor 
and trouble which I and my suc¬ 
cessors must have in the said con¬ 
quest, pacification, and settlement 
power shall be given to take and 
divide, for me and for them, per¬ 
petually and always and forever, 
thirty square leagues of land, in one 
part or in two, wherever I shall 
point out, with all the vassals that 
there may be in the said territory. 
