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Simao de Mendonga, Alfonso Alvarez Furtado.
I testify thereto, FERNANDO RIQUEL.)
(This duplicate has been compared most carefully with the original by me, Pero Bernaldez,
notary-public of this fleet for the king, our lord,
without there being found any interlineation or erasure which would cause doubt- save that there is
an erasure where it read navios [" ships "], which
was done in the interests of truth. And the said
Fernao Riquel, chief clerk, was present at the comparison, and signed here with me, together with
Baltesar de Freitas notary of the fleet, who placed
here his approval. This day, the twenty-ninth of
December, one thousand five hundred and sixtyeight.
I have compared this duplicate,
PERO BERNALDEZ.)
(This duplicate was compared before me, Baltesar
de Freitas, notary of this fleet, on the said day and
year above specified.
BALTESAR DE FREITAS.)
(On the said day, month, and year, I was present
at the collation and comparison of this duplicate.
FERNANDO RIQUEL.)
Third summons: Concerning the summons and
protest that I, Gonzalo Pereira, captain-general of
this fleet, make to the very illustrious Miguel Lopez
de Leguaspi, general of the fleet and people of Nova
Espanha. You, Pero Bernaldez, notary-public of
this fleet, are directed to present and read to him'