Note XII‑28 — Chapter XII · ALVARADO'S LAST EXPEDITION. 1537-1541.
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He wrote to the emperor requesting that no change be made in his commission, as he had learned that Cortés was soliciting permission to undertake the conquest he meditated. Herrera, dec. vii. lib. ii. cap. x.; Beaumont, Crón. Mich., iv. 252-3.