1. “Cavaliers, we have not forgotten, for it is not many days since, that we named for our Captain-general Don Fernando de Guzman, of our own free will, and without any force, for all were duly informed that full liberty was. given to elect whom they considered most fit; and, after the election, the General repeated to all that they might select the road that best pleased them, to follow or not the war in Pirú, and those who did not wish to do so, have not on that account been slighted, as is well known; and we who determined to do so, promised, on oath, to comply with our vow; but since that time some may have changed their minds, and determined to do something that appears to them “better, or some may have had the oath forced upon them, and may say that they are compelled to follow this war, against their inclination. From this moment, I, in the name of the General my lord, and as his maestro del campo, make known and exhort every one of you to examine into what you have done and sworn to, and if you feel you have not the wish to comply, from this moment you shall be released from your oath, and permission shall be given to you (without your incurring any pain) to declare and follow what may appear best to you; for which I give my word and honour, and promise to keep it with all, as has been kept with those cavaliers, who said that they did not wish to follow the war, nor fight against the king; whom we have treated as brothers, dividing with them what they required.”