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In such a case he shall make use 
of the contract and orders which 
will be given him, in virtue and con¬ 
formity with which this is done. 
This contract and agreement 
shall be sent to his Majesty, and a 
statement shall be given to him to 
the effect that what has been done 
and contracted is for the good of 
his royal service. 
[Let him be granted] what is 
provided in article 1 and the others 
of this contract, and let it be written 
to his Majesty that he shall grant 
him what is above stated. 
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commission, he entrusted to your 
lordship this expedition, and that 
I shall have the power to carry it 
out according to the agreement. 
And in view of the fact that from 
the beginning I shall be incurring 
great expense for the fulfillment of 
the agreement with your lordship, 
if for the said reason the said con¬ 
tract and agreement shall turn out 
uncertain, and the said expedition 
shall be given to another person, I 
must be paid and satisfied from the 
real hacienda for all that I shall 
have spent in the said expedition 
and the preparations for it, with the 
losses, damages, and deteriorations. 
29. Item: That, although an 
agreement and contract may have 
been made in regard to the said ex¬ 
ploration and settlements by the 
viceroys preceding your lordship, 
no matter with what person it may 
have been made, it shall not preju¬ 
dice this contract and agreement, 
nor shall any right remain to them 
for the said expedition under what 
has been said. 
30. Item: Your lordship shall be 
obligated, in the name of his Maj¬ 
esty, to carry out these said agree¬ 
ments and what may be agreed and 
contracted with me, and those who 
may have my power of attorney, in 
everything without failing in any¬ 
thing, for always and forever, and 
to send them to his Majesty, so that 
he may be made acquainted with 
what your lordship, in virtue of his 
royal cédula and paragraph in a let¬ 
ter, has agreed to. 
31. Item: That there shall be 
observed for me and my successors 
in the said government all the ordi¬ 
nances made by his Majesty for new 
explorations and new settlements, 
