Before Leaving Barcelona, The Admiral Placed His Sons Don James And Don Ferdinand As Pages In The Service Of Prince John; And Having Received His Commission Of Admiral And Viceroy, Extending As Large As The Papal Grant, He Repaired To Seville To Expedite His Second Voyage To The New World.

He here applied himself to procure able pilots, and to review the men who were to embark in the expedition, in the presence of the controller Soria.

All persons were prohibited from carrying out any goods for barter, and it was ordered that every thing belonging to their majesties or to private persons should be entered at the custom-house, both in Spain and the Indies, under the penalty of confiscation. The admiral had instructions to muster his men as soon as he arrived at Hispaniola, and to do the same as often as he thought proper, with power to regulate their pay. He was likewise authorized to nominate alcaldes and alguazils, or magistrates, in the islands and other parts, with power to try causes both civil and criminal, from whom appeals might be made to himself. In the first instance he was allowed the direct nomination of all the aldermen, common council-men, and other officers, in any town; but in future he was to nominate three persons to every vacancy, out of whom their majesties were to appoint one to the office. All proclamations, patents, injunctions, orders, or other public writings, were to be made in the name of their majesties, signed by the admiral, and countersigned by the secretary or clerk by whom they were written, and sealed on the back with the royal seal.

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