are begging for further reward, you are advised not to grant them any more until many others--who, as I have been informed have been there for so long a time and are deserving, and have toiled in the conquest and maintenance of the country, to a much greater extent than those who are petitioning anew; but who have not been rewarded, and therefore are poor, irritated, and querulous--shall be provided and rewarded with encomiendas and other posts and means of gain. You shall take especial care to reward those whose names follow: 13. Diego Ronquillo, former governor and captain-general of those islands, who, I am told, exercised the said offices excellently and to the complete satisfaction of the country. Don Rodrigo Ronquillo de Peñalosa, son of the governor Don Gonçalo Ronquillo. Captain Antonio Rodriguez Chacon. Captain Agustin de Arceo. Captain Don Gonçalo Vallesteras Saavedra. Captain Diego del Castillo. Captain Don Juan Ronquillo del Castillo. Captain Caravallo. Captain Rodrigo Alvarez. Captain Gomez de Machuca. Hernando Muñoz de Poyatos, regidor of Manila. Ensign Juan de Medrano. Miguel Rodriguez. Ensign Antonio Guerrero. Charavia, an old and good soldier. Gaspar Ruiz de Morales. Aguilar, likewise an excellent soldier. Villalobos. Bartholome Rodriguez. Sargeant Cantero. Gaspar de Ysla. Ensign Christoval de Azcueta. Geronimo de Cuellar. Luis Nuñez Hernandez. [14]. Others, who are said not to have been there so long, but who are men of worth and account, are as follows: Don Francisco de Porras y Guevara. Joan de Alcega. Don Luis de Velasco. Don Fernando de Villafañe. Christoval Gueral. Joan Verdugo, who has lost his right arm in my service. Joan Diaz Guerrero. Blas Garcia. Joan de Cuellar. Gaspar de Mena. Diego de Çarate, who is returning with you, and who, I have been told, has usually been a commander, and has put down a rebellion, and has served faithfully. 15. You shall provide for and reward all of the above according to age, merits, and individual qualifications; and shall give them preference over all others who do not possess the above qualifications, in the distribution of encomiendas, posts of government and war, and other means for the advancement of the country. 16. I charge and order you to observe the same plan in all that pertains to the commissions and sources of profit, on land or on sea--especially in the choice of masters and officers of vessels. For besides observing, in regard to them, that they must have rendered service and deserve the appointment, the others will be encouraged, it will attract hither those who have gone away, and the country will be settled and increased.