be conveyed in the trading fleet that sails to Nueva Espana this year.  I wrote to the viceroy to have another five hundred men enlisted so that, at the very least, eight hundred men could be sent you for this enterprise.  I have appointed four captains for the contingent from these kingdoms.  One of them, namely, Admiral Juan de Esquivel, is to be commander and governor of the said soldiers.  I have also appointed six substitutes, practiced and experienced soldiers, so that, in case any of the said captains die, these may take command of the men, and that they may be in charge of the companies to be raised in Nueva Espana, as I am writing to the viceroy.  I have assigned forty ducados per month as pay to the said captains; to Admiral Juan de Esquivel the sum of sixty; and to the substitutes, twenty-five escudos apiece until ahey reach Nueva Espana.  Thenceforward the said Juan de Esquivel, in case I order him to be given the title of master-of-camp, shall enjoy the sum of one hundred and twenty ducados per month; but if he serves with the title of commander and governor of the said soldiers, he shall have sixty.  The substitutes shall receive forty; and the soldiers—­both those levied in Espana and those to be raised in Nueva Espana—­shall have the sum of eight ducados per month.  I have ordered the viceroy, in accordance with the above, to send to those islands the necessary money to meet the pay of the soldiers for one year.  If they are detained longer in other affairs of my service, he shall also furnish what may be necessary after advice from you.  I have thought it best to advise you of the above, in order to charge and order you that, if the pay of the soldiers can be moderated, in respect to what is there paid men of that rank, you may reform the schedule justifiably, advising me thereof, and the viceroy of Nueva Espana.  However, you shall make no alteration in the pay of Admiral Juan de Esquivel, or of the captains, alferezes, or substitutes.  I have also ordered the viceroy to provide you with whatever may be necessary, up to the amount of the one hundred and twenty thousand ducados that you have asked for this undertaking; also six pieces of artillery for bombardment, and five hundred quintals of arquebus powder.  The men sent from here are armed with muskets and arquebuses.  You shall be careful in the distribution of this money, and in all the rest you shall exercise the advisable care, system, and caution.  You shall endeavor to attain the end sought, as I confidently expect from you, with the men sent from Espana, and those from Nueva Espana, together with those whom you shall have collected in those islands for the expedition to Ternate.  If possible, you shall make the expedition in person, as you have offered to do, and shall leave those islands provided as it fitting.  In case conditions are such that you cannot go in person, on this expedition, then you shall appoint another man of the experience and qualities requisite for it, who may take entire