They also moste humblye besought him, that the gouernement thereof, and of al that hereafter shoulde bee conquered, might be giuen to _Hernädo Cortez_ their guide, generall captaine, and chiefe Iustice by them electe and chosen, saying, that wel he had deserued the same, for that he alone spent more than the whole army vpon that iourney. And that it might please his maiesty to confirm that, which they generally of fréewill had done for theyr owne safegard and securitye, in the name of his royall maiestie. And if by chaunce his maiestie had already giuen the sayde office of gouernement to any other person, that it might please him to reuoke it. For so should it be expedient for his seruice, and quietnesse of the countrey. And thereby might be excused, rumours, slanders, perils, and slaughters, that myght ensue, if any other should gouerne and rule as captaine general. And moreouer they besoughte hys maiestie to graunte them aunswere with breuity, and good dispatch of theyr attourneys, who departed from the porte of _Aguiahuistlan_ in a reasonable shippe the twenty sixe day of July, _Anno_ .1519. They touched by the way at _Marien_ a port of _Cuba_, declaring that they went to _Hauana_: they passed through the chanell of _Bahama_ without disturbaunce, and sayled with a prosperous winde, till they arriued in Spayne. The cause why the generaltye had written these letters was, suspecting _Iames Velasques_, who had frends and great fauour in the Court and counsel of _Indias_, and also some secrete friendes in _Cortez_ his campe. For _Francisco Salzeda_ brought newes that _Iames Velasques_ had already obteyned a graunt of the Emperor for the gouernment of that land by the meanes of one _Benito Martinez_ going into Spayne. And although they knew not the certainty thereof, yet it was most true, as shal appeare in another place. An vproare among the souldiers against _Cortez, and the punishment for the same_. There wer some in the host y^t murmured against the election of _Cortez_, for thereby was excluded _Iames Valasques_, vnto whö they bare good wil. Some were _Valasques_ friends, and other some his kinesfolkes, who letted not to say openly, that _Cortez_ by flattery, sutteltie and giftes had gotten and obtayned his purpose. [Sidenote: Mischefe.] [Sidenote: Tvvo hanged, and tvvo whipped.]