[Christopher Columbus by Filson Young]@TWC D-Link bookChristopher Columbus CHAPTER IX 39/69
We must strive to learn whether the Queen, whom God has in His keeping, said anything about me in her will, and we must hurry the Lord Bishop of Palencia, who caused the possession of the Indies by their Highnesses and my remaining in Castile, for I was already on my way to leave it.
And the Lord Chamberlain of his Highness must also be hurried.
If by chance the affair comes to discussion, you must strive to have them see the writing which is in the Book of Privileges, which shows the reason why the third, eighth, and tenth are owing me, as I told you in another letter. "I have written to the Holy Father in regard to my voyage, as he complained of me because I did not write him.
I send you a copy of the letter.
I would like to have the King, our Lord, or the Lord Bishop of Palencia see it before I send the letter, in order to avoid false representations. "Camacho has told a thousand falsehoods about me.
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