ana, so that he who sails thence will be halfway on
his journey before he who sails from Manila has reached the open sea.

8. _Item_: That, if, by our care and diligence, we allure the chiefs
of the Yogolotes together with the other chiefs by means of presents,
kind words, and mild treatment, to descend to the plain, or to live
quietly in settlements in their natural habitat, submissive to his
Majesty, paying their tribute, and abandoning the barbarities that
they have been wont to practice on their own children and those
of the lowlands; and if they accept the faith and are quiet and
pacified: we receive permission to distribute and apportion them in
encomiendas--assigning one-third to the royal treasury, and another
third to the soldiers engaged in the conquest, while we be awarded
the remaining third as our exclusive property; for the Indians will
be few, and reduced after many days and great toil.

9. _Item_: That we beseech his Majesty to concede this favor to
us, that we pay the tenth of the gold obtained from the mines to
be worked by our order, instead of the fifth. The same is to be
understood in regard to the mines of silver, quicksilver, and lead
that shall be discovered and worked by our order; and that in all
mines we be excused from clause 31, law 5, title 13, book 6, of the
_Recopilacion_, [57] so that we may have more than two mines in one
vein, if there is only a slight space between the different mines,
in order to keep the measure of one mine.

_Doctor Juan Manuel de la Vega_

_Additional conditions and notifications in regard to the conquest,
pacification, and exploration of the province of Tuy and Ygolotes._

In the last or next to last of the former conditions we make two
statements: one, that it is unnecessary to wait for advice or
investigations from here, for the reasons and causes assigned in
the condition; the second, that an answer must be given us as to
the acceptance of our offer, in the same year when our despatches
are received, and by the first advice-boat; and if this shall not
be done immediately, then we shall be free from all obligations. It
remains to answer the silent criticism that may be opposed to each
statement: to the first, that it seems a senseless thing for us to
proceed according to our own judgment, without ascertaining whether it
is advisable or not and that there are others who may make a better
contract; and to the second, that our offer may be solely to fulfil