And as soone as _Olid_ was departed on that voyage, _Pedro de Aluarado_ returned to _Cuba_, wyth full relation of the discouerie, & brought many things w^t hym, wrought in gold, with strange coloured feathers, and cotton wool. The gouernour _Iames Valasques_ reioyced much to behold those principles: And all the Spaniardes of _Cuba_ wondered therat, and likewise to heare the whole relatiö of the iourney. Yet the gouernour feared the returne of his kinsman, bycause some of his companye that came sicke and diseased from those parties, saide that _Grijalua_ meaned not to inhabite there, and that the people and land was great, and also how the same people were warlike: likewise the gouernour feared the wisedome and courage of his kinsman. Wherevppon he determined to send thyther certaine shippes, with souldiers and armor and other trifling things, thinking chiefly to enrich himself by barter, and also to inhabite by force. He requested one _Baltazer Vermudez_ to take that voyage in hand, who accepted the offer, but he demaunded thrée thousand duckets for his furniture and prouision. Their gouernour hearing this demaund, answered, that in such sorte the charges would be more than the profite: And so for that tyme lefte off the matter, bycause he was couetous, and loth to spend, thinking to prouide an army at other mës cost, as he had done before, when _Grijalua_ went firste on that voyage, for at that time one _Francisco de Montezo_ did furnish one shippe. And also certaine gentlemen called _Alaunso Fernädez_, _Porto Carero_, _Alaunso de Auila_ & _Iames de Ordas_ with manye others, wente with _Grijalua_ at theyr proper costes and charges. It followed that the gouernour brake the matter to _Cortez_, & required that the voyage shoulde be set forth betwixte them, knowing that _Cortez_ had two thousand Castlyns of gold in the power of one _Andres de Duero_, a merchaunt, and also that _Cortez_ was a man diligent, wise, and of stoute courage. _Cortez_ being of haughtye stomacke, accepted both the voyage and the charges, thinking the cost would not be much .&c. So that the voyage and agréemente was concluded, whervpon they sent one _Iohn de Sanzedo_ to the kings coüsel and chauncery, resident in the Iland of _Santo Domingo_, who were then religyous persons to haue and obtain of them licence, fréelye to goe and traffike into those parties of newe discouerie, and also to séeke for _Iohn de Grijalua_, for they imagyned that wythout hym small trafficke woulde bee hadde, whyche was, to exchaunge trifles of Haberdashe for golde and syluer. The chiefe rulers of gouernemente at that tyme in y^e kings counsell there, were these following, _Segniour Aloüso de Säto Domingo_, _Segniour Luys de Figueroa_, & _Segniour Barnardo de Munsanedo_, who graunted the licence, and appointed _Hernando Cortez_ for captaine Generall of the voyage, and setter forth in company of _Iames Velasques_. They also appointed a Treasurer,