Note XVI‑6 — Chapter XVI · REVOLT OF THE CONTRERAS BROTHERS. 1550.

So confident were they of success that instead of removing the treasure to their ships they deposited it with the merchants and others, who bound themselves before a notary to deliver it when called for either to Bermejo or the Contreras brothers. 'Proveieron estos disparates, imaginandose, que sin tener contraste alguno, eran yá Señores de toda el Nuevo Mundo.' Garcilaso de la Vega, Hist. Peru, ii. 373.