Note VIII‑9 — Chapter VIII · THE ECCLESIASTICS IN GUATEMALA. 1529-1541.
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The tithes, when paid in kind, were of little value unless delivered at convenient places. The king, therefore, issued a cédula ordering that they be taken by the natives to the mines, or some other suitable place, within a radius of 20 leagues around each town. Mendoza, Carta, in Pacheco and Cárdenas, Col. Doc., ii. 209; Florida, Col. Doc., 138.