Note 381-2 — TRANSCRIPT OF A LETTER WHICH THE ADMIRAL OF THE INDIES SENT TO THE NURSE OF PRINCE DON JOHN OF CASTILE

Caballeros de conquistas y del uso, y no de letras. This should be: “Knights of Conquests and by profession and not of letters.” I.e., by nobles that have actually been conquerors and had conquered territory awarded to them and who are knights by practice or profession and not gentlemen of letters.