_ 112 _ cabayas, both when they were arriving in that kingdom and at all festivals of the year, and the value of a horse and a trasado, all of which he has given them without wishing to; that they also obliged him to pay them for the losses they suffered on their goods; and that the said Captains took from him the office of urracas and levied the marsungos at the gates, which he used to give the guazilados and they leased his revenues. He asked me to deal with this matter and give orders for such compulsions and insults not to be imposed upon him. Having seen his request, in this letter it is my wish and command that my Captains, factors and other officials may not and shall not take from this king these cabayas nor the value of a horse and trasado even if he wishes to give them of his own free will unless it is agreed by contract and treaty made between myself and that king, and specified in a document that these Captains and officials or some of them are to have these tunics and the value of the trasado and a horse, and in such a case they may have only what is defined by the said document and agreement. In the same way the said King is not to be obliged to pay them the losses incurred on their goods, except when it is found by a legal process that the losses were due to the king, and it has been established in law that he should
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