Note X‑38 — Chapter X · ADMINISTRATION OF AFFAIRS IN NICARAGUA. 1531-1550.
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Herrera was actuated merely by selfish motives. He desired for himself the office of ruler, and it was fortunate for the province that he did not obtain it; for when in 1548 his residencia was taken by the licentiate Cerrato he was proved to have been the most rapacious of all his colleagues.