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[Let him be granted] what is 
provided in article 81 of the ordi¬ 
nances, and let his Majesty be writ¬ 
ten to to grant him the favor. 
[Let him be granted] what he 
asks in accordance with article 82 
of the said ordinances. 
Let him be granted what is pro¬ 
vided in article 145 of the said ordi¬ 
nances. 
That this cannot be permitted 
without special order or license 
from his Majesty. 
Let him be granted what is pro¬ 
vided in article 56 of the ordinances, 
and in case he should die before 
fulfilling them, and his son or heir 
should not be of age, let him be per- 
for the exploiting of what mines 
there may be, free of import tax 
and duties. 
23. Item: That there shall not 
be paid in the said government any 
excise tax for the term of twenty 
years, as is granted in ordinance 81, 
your lordship being charged at the 
same time to supplicate his Majesty 
to extend this for the term of fifty 
years. 
24. Item: That no customs 
duties shall be paid on all that is 
carried for the provisioning of the 
said government, as is provided in 
article 82, your lordship to suppli¬ 
cate his Majesty to be pleased to ex¬ 
tend the time to fifty years. 
25. Item: That I and my suc¬ 
cessors shall have the power to ap¬ 
praise the tributes which the In¬ 
dians will have to give in accor¬ 
dance with the fruits of their land, 
both those which must go to the 
king, our lord, as well as to the other 
encomenderos, and to raise or lower 
or commute them in any way that 
may seem right to me and to my 
successors with free and absolute 
power, and independent of the vice¬ 
roy and the Audiencia. 
26. Item: That in case I shall 
have to absent myself from the said 
land and province, to go either to 
the kingdoms of Spain or to other 
parts of the Indies, I shall have the 
power to leave in my place a lieu¬ 
tenant, who shall have the same 
power in everything as I. 
27. Item: That if while I am 
making ready for the said expedi¬ 
tion, before I depart upon it, or 
while I am on the road, or while I 
am engaged in exploring, pacifying, 
