I have sent him the copy of my privileges and letters, that he may place them in safe keeping.

I would be glad if you could see them.

The King and the Queen, my Lords, now wish to honour me more than ever.

May the Holy Trinity guard your noble persons, and increase the importance of your very magnificent office.
"Done in Seville, April a, 1502.
"The High-Admiral of the Ocean-Sea and Viceroy and Governor-General of the islands and mainland of Asia and the Indies, belonging to the King and Queen, my Lords, and the Captain-General of the Sea, and a Member of their Council.
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X M Y Xpo FERENS." Columbus was anxious to touch at Espanola on his voyage to the West; but he was expressly forbidden to do so, as it was known that his presence there could not make for anything but confusion; he was to be permitted, however, to touch there on his return journey.

The Great Khan was not out of his mind yet; much in it apparently, for he took an Arabian interpreter with him so that he could converse with that monarch.