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mitted to name a person to continue 
and carry out these agreements in 
accordance with the said article 56, 
with the approval of the viceroy of 
this New Spain. 
[Let it be granted] that I make 
this contract and agreement by com¬ 
mission and order of his Majesty, 
and let this right be granted to him 
from the day when it is signed and 
sealed here, and I shall give account 
of it to him [his Majesty] on the 
first opportunity that offers. And 
if the event should happen to which 
he refers, in so far as concerns the 
expenses and preparations which he 
may have made for the expedition, 
the right shall be reserved to him to 
collect them from the person who 
may attempt to take it from him. 
or settling, I should die, in view of 
the fact that my sons are too young 
to be given that state, in order that 
there shall be a first successor to 
succeed me, I shall have the power 
to name the person or persons who 
may seem suitable to me, so that, 
in the interim until the one called 
mine shall arrive at a suitable age 
to manage and continue the expedi¬ 
tion, the one whom I name can do 
it immediately. And your lordship 
and those who succeed you shall be 
obligated in the name of his Maj¬ 
esty to confirm the said appoint¬ 
ment, and that he [the appointee] 
shall have the power to govern with¬ 
out waiting for the said confirma¬ 
tion, and that no impediment shall 
be placed in his way. And as soon 
as he who is called [mine] shall 
reach the age and seem [fit], he 
shall immediately enter upon the 
government and conquest and set¬ 
tlements in accordance with this 
agreement. 
28. Item: That if, after I have 
made this contract with your lord- 
ship and your lordship has signed it, 
a person should come from Spain 
who has made an agreement with 
the king, our lord, in regard to it, 
and should bring a cédula and or¬ 
ders for your lordship to support 
him, it shall be understood that the 
said orders shall not annul the con¬ 
tract which I shall have signed with 
your lordship or interfere with 
those who may have my power of 
attorney for it. And your lordship 
shall be obligated to give account 
to his Majesty of the contract with 
me before your lordship shall order 
the cédulas and orders which he 
[the person from Spain] may bring 
in regard to it to be carried out, 
so that his Majesty may know that, 
in virtue of his royal cédulas and 
