And with these letters goes a copy of a letter which I wrote to the Holy Father in regard to the affairs of the Indies, that he might not complain of me any more.

I sent this copy for his Highness to see, or the Lord Bishop of Palencia, so as to avoid false representations.

The payment of the people who went with me has been delayed.

I have provided for them here what I have been able.

They are poor and obliged to go in order to earn a living.