its of
his diocese; thus included, he would work with more love and zeal than any
former prelate to convert the natives to a knowledge of the Holy Catholic
Faith, according to our wishes. Our Council of the Indies having
considered this, it was agreed that I should send you this my cedula, and
as I approved, I command you to see to the above. Should the said
provinces of Teculatlan and Lacandon be outside the limits of the said
diocese of Chiapa, you will arrange that the said Fray Bartholomew de Las
Casas has them under his charge as prelate, until His Holiness, upon our
presentation, appoints a prelate over the said provinces. Let the said
bishop-elect have charge of the spiritual affairs in those provinces and
as prelate take a fourth part of the tithes which belong to him in the
said provinces; the other three quarters shall be distributed among the
ecclesiastical ministries already in existence in the said provinces and
in the repairs and the decorations of the churches of them. Dated in
Valladolid thirteenth day of February 1544--I, the Prince, etc.

[Illustration: Map: Scenes of Las Casas's Labours]

Scenes of Las Casas's Labours

[Illustration: Holograph of Las Casas]

Holograph of Las Casas Giving Directions for the Publication of his Work.

Reproduced from Thacher's "Christopher Columbus".

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